New Silicon Valley Bank CEO tells employees: 'We are open for business'
The new CEO of Silicon Valley Bank held an all-hands meeting on Wednesday and sought to reassure employees that the bank was not planning on closing its doors, according to two people who listened in on the call. Tim Mayopoulous, who the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation appointed as chief executive after it took control of the bank on Friday, told employees that the bank had resumed many of its usual business activities. “We are open for business , making new loans, processing payments and offering all the solutions we’ve been known for,” Mayopoulus said, according to one person who was on the call. The people who spoke with NBC News requested anonymity, citing a lack of clearance to speak publicly and concerns about professional repercussions. The future of Silicon Valley Bank has remained in doubt since the FDIC shut it down on Friday. The bank reopened Monday, though it could still be acquired. Federal regulators said Sunday that it would guarantee all deposits at the bank, ...