assured they will be protectednd have access to their money we have an obligation with payroll. we have an electrical business and we have to meet payroll this afternoon. that s why i am here. everything is insured. we are not worried. going to collect my share and go home. wow. yeah, wow, right? it s a full-on bank run. these are old-school bank runs. let s not scare people. no, i m saying what we re seeing. a few banks. yes. let s hope it s not more. good morning. it is the top of the hour. glad you are with us. customers getting their money back after the stunning collapse of silicon valley bank. concern is growing as don was indicating for other regional smaller banks across the nation. their stocks are tanking. how much danger are they really in? former treasury official roger altmann is here to weigh in. a massive winter storm slamming the northeast. right now with powerful winds and up to two feet of snow. we will take you live inside the stor
assets or more would be deemed to be systemically important, unquote, and, therefore, would be subject to the tightest capital ratios, liquidity ratios, leverage ratios and to the regular stress test which the largest banks would be subject to. the bill which was passed in 2018, which rolled this back, raised that threshold to 250 billion. only banks with 250 billion or more in assets, and just a handful in the country, would be subject to the tightest controls. silicon valley bank, therefore, was not seen by the regulators as, quote, system incrically important and was not subject to that regulation. in retrospect, it was systemly important. they spent four or five frantic