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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Millions paid in bonuses to UK Silicon Valley Bank staff days after £1 rescue

HSBC UK chief executive Ian Stuart pictured leaving the Treasury.
HSBC UK chief executive Ian Stuart said the bank wanted to ‘demonstrate our confidence in SVB UK’. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

The UK arm of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank is reported to have paid millions of pounds in bonuses days after it was sold in a rescue deal for £1.

Staff at Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB UK) are said to have been given payouts from what has been described as a “modest” bonus pool of between £15m and £20m. The Californian-based bank collapsed eight days ago, triggering concerns of a new global banking crisis.

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