The U.S. central bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are weighing a plan to create a special fund that would allow regulators to guarantee deposits at troubled banks, following the unexpected bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank, the news agency reported. Bloomberg yesterday Saturday.

The new special safety mechanism has been discussed by Fed and FDIC officials with bank executives, and it is hoped that its creation will reassure savers and investors and limit the risk of a banking panic, according to the agency, which cited people familiar with the matter. the conversations.

The new scheme is part of plans to prevent panic spreading over the health of banks focused on investing in startups.

The central bank did not want to comment on the report. The FDIC did not respond when asked by Reuters for comment on the Bloomberg report.

Earlier yesterday, the White House announced that US President Joe Biden had discussed the collapse of SVB and efforts to address the situation with California Governor Joe Biden.

The specialist bank collapsed as savers, worried about its health, rushed to withdraw their deposits. The mass withdrawals of deposits, which lasted for two days, occupied several analysts and the markets. US banks lost 100 billion in capitalization because of the development.