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SVB's Loans To 'Insiders' Exploded Ahead Of Its Collapse

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

We've all read about the gargantuan deposit run that occurred on the eve of its demise. We've all scratched the back of our heads at the percentage (and size) of uninsured depositors that were bailed out by the Biden administration.

We have also all seen the relatively huge amount of share-selling by insiders in the month leading up to the bank's inevitable collapse.

But, this next chart is a doozy...

Courtesy of Bloomberg's reporting, it appears that not only were insiders dumping their shares faster than syphilitic hooker, there were loading up on loans from the bank at a scale that makes a mockery of any regulatory oversight...

Yes, that's real.

Loans to officers, directors and principal shareholders, and their related interests, more than tripled from the third quarter last year to $219 million in the final three months of 2022 - a record dollar amount of loans going back over 20 years.

Many questions come to mind - what were the terms, who were the recipients, what was the collateral?

But, sadly, we will likely never know.

However, we do note that the banking execs may be facing a serious shortfall (like their bank): if the loans were collateralized by SVB shares for example, those shares are now worthless, leaving the loan-heavy C-suite left to come up with the cash to repay the loans (and no, these loans don't disappear with the bank's liquidation).


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