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Four takeaways from Senate hearings on SVB, Signature Bank failures
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2023-05-19T17:33:00
Leaders at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and the regulators who seized their banks testified before Congress this week across separate hearings.
Here are four takeaways:
1. Bank executives defended their actions
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