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First Citizens to buy Silicon Valley Bank, FDIC says

Acquisition includes purchase of $72bn of bank's assets at $16.5bn discount

The 17 former branches of Silicon Valley Bank will open as First-Citizens banks on March 27.   © Reuters

(Reuters) -- First Citizens BancShares will acquire all of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits and loans from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), according to the regulator.

The acquisition by unit First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company includes the purchase of about $72 billion of Silicon Valley Bank's assets at a discount of $16.5 billion, the FDIC said in a statement.

"The FDIC estimates the cost of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank to its Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) to be approximately $20 billion. The exact cost will be determined when the FDIC terminates the receivership," the statement on Monday said.

The FDIC has received rights in First Citizens BancShares stock with a potential value of up to $500 million as part of the deal, the statement said.

The 17 former branches of SVB will open as First-Citizens banks on Monday.

Approximately $90 billion in securities and other assets from SVB will remain in receivership for dispersal, the regulator added.

First Citizens has around $109 billion in assets and total deposits of $89.4 billion.

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