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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Dominic Rushe in New York

US banks launch $30bn rescue of First Republic to stem spiraling crisis

First Republic Bank office in San Francisco, California.
First Republic Bank office in San Francisco, California. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Wall Street’s giants moved to end the US’s spiraling banking crisis on Thursday by agreeing to prop up troubled First Republic, a mid-sized bank whose shares have been pummeled amid a wider banking turmoil.

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and others will deposit $30bn in First Republic, which has seen customers yank their money following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and fears that First Republic could be next.

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