Credit Suisse lifeline, First Republic rescue: What you need to know

(Reuters) – FX Signals – FxPremiere.com  A $30 billion lifeline for First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) hosed down market fears about an imminent banking collapse on Friday, but a late tumble in the troubled U.S. lender’s shares showed investors were still worried about cracks in the sector.

Large U.S. banks injected the funds into the San Francisco-based bank on Thursday, swooping in to rescue the lender caught up in a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size U.S. lenders over the past week.

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* First Republic Bank received $30 billion in deposits from several big banks, the banks said in a statement on Thursday, as part of a rescue package for the lender. Involved in the rescue are JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) & Co, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and others.

* Despite the rescue, First Republic’s shares fell 17% in extended trading on Thursday, after it said it was suspending its dividend.

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* Banks sought record amounts of emergency liquidity from the Federal Reserve over recent days in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY), which in turn helped undo months of central bank efforts to shrink the size of its balance sheet, Fed data showed on Thursday.

* U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. banking system remains sound and Americans can feel confident that their deposits are safe.

* Credit Suisse said it was taking “decisive action” to strengthen its liquidity by exercising its option to borrow from the Swiss National Bank up to 50 billion Swiss francs ($54 billion).

* Wall Street bank JPMorgan said that Credit Suisse’s takeover by another lender, probably its Swiss rival UBS, was the most likely scenario for the embattled bank.

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* Japan’s finance ministry, financial regulator and central bank said their officials will meet on Friday to discuss market developments.

* UBS Group AG (SIX:UBSG) and Credit Suisse Group AG are opposed to a forced merger, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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