SVB & Signature Bank Fail: Three Strategies to Maximize Liquidity

Marion Street Capital recommends that innovative growth companies immediately take three steps to mitigate liquidity risk. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank caused widespread uncertainty regarding the stability of regional banks, and it nearly caused dozens of innovative growth companies to fail as their abilities to process payroll were briefly threatened. This led to record inflows of $15B in customer deposits to bulge bracket banks like J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America.