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Banking sector sees boost as First Citizens acquires failed SVB

First Citizens BancShares Inc bought all the loans and deposits of Silicon Valley Bank, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said [File: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg]

Bank shares and stock markets have rebounded after United States authorities announced that a regional lender took over most of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), whose collapse this month was the second-largest banking failure in US history.

The market rally on Monday followed weeks of concern over a potential economic collapse after SVB failed on March 10 after it experienced a bank run – a rush by depositors to withdraw their funds all at once.

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