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Regulators close First Republic Bank, JPMorgan named as the buyer of $330B assets and deposits, FDIC on the hook for $13B

First Republic Bank (FRB), on the brink of collapse in the weeks after the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, has finally fallen over, but with a relatively quick resolution into its next chapter: today the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it was being closed by the the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, that the FDIC was appointed as receiver, and that the FDIC would be selling the assets to JPMorgan.

Its assets and deposits total just over $330 billion combined.

Specifically, “to protect depositors, the FDIC is entering into a purchase and assumption agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio, to assume all of the deposits and substantially all of the assets of First Republic Bank,” it said.

The FDIC also confirmed deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC at an estimated cost of about $13 billion to its insurance fund. The deal will cover assets of $229.1 billion and $103.9 billion in total deposits. JPMorgan is purchasing all assets and deposits, along with 84 offices in eight states, with all depositors of FRB now customers of JPMorgan Chase.

The news comes after several days of speculation that the FRB would collapse, sending the stock into a death spiral. JPMorgan, along with PNC, were among the banks who submitted bids over the weekend. The FDIC called the process “highly competitive.”

Banking partner

Like Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic has been a major banking partner to the world of technology as it grew into a huge, and very valuable, industry. That meant it would almost certainly fall into the blast radius of SVB as it collapsed.

To avoid a contagion effect, First Republic was quick to move on messaging about its own state of stability in the wake of SVB’s failure. So just as SVB started selling its assets — at the same time, in fact, that SVB announced a sale of its U.K. business to HSBC — First Republic was bolstering its position with massive funding injections to bring its reserves to $70 billion. One of the those big funders was the FDIC. The other? JPMorgan.

Still, it looks like this was not enough. Faltering confidence in companies that were too dependent on the same sector as SVB sent people running from First Republic both as customers and investors.

The FDIC has had to face up to its own drama and criticism — some blame SVB’s collapse on U.S. regulators not acting quickly or decisively enough before it was too late — and so this was a relatively quick move on its part. While the estimated cost to its Deposit Insurance Fund is about $13 billion, the final figure will be determined when it ceases to be in receivership.

Alongside this deal, the FDIC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and National Association, “are also entering into a loss-share transaction on single family, residential and commercial loans it purchased of the former First Republic Bank,” it added. The FDIC is the receiver, while JPMorgan Chase Bank and National Association “will share in the losses and potential recoveries on the loans covered by the loss–share agreement.” It’s not clear what the value is of that aspect of the deal.

Regulators close First Republic Bank, JPMorgan named as the buyer of $330B assets and deposits, FDIC on the hook for $13B by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/01/jpmorgan-chase-first-republic-bank/


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