GAO to Conduct Independent Investigation into Bank Failures

GAO to Conduct Independent Investigation into Bank Failures

Time Stamp: March 18, 2023 8:19 AM
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  • The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced an independent investigation into recent bank failures.
  • The investigation will be conducted by external auditors and aims to ensure greater transparency and accountability in the banking sector.
  • The move follows concerns about the oversight and regulation of financial institutions and the need to protect the public interest.

The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced an upcoming independent investigation into recent bank failures. This move comes in response to the failures, which have raised concerns about the oversight and regulation of financial institutions.

External auditors will be called upon to conduct the investigation, as the severity and complexity of the situation demand a thorough and impartial review. The GAO’s decision to launch an investigation reflects the need for greater transparency and accountability in the banking sector, and its commitment to ensuring that the public interest is protected.

This comes after numerous banks in the United States, including Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), failed, causing investors in the Stablecoin market to panic and raise numerous questions. Most cryptocurrency investors are now in a quandary because they are unsure what will happen next in the market.

According to a Twitter post by Financial Services GOP, a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Republicans, the chairman Patrick McHenry, who represents the citizens of North Carolina’s 10th District in the United States Congress, sent a letter to the US GAO requesting that the body conduct an independent investigation into recent bank failures.

One of the factors addressed in Patrick McHenry’s letter is that the Government Accountability Office should investigate the recent collapse of the Signature Bank and also the Silicon Bank and bring to light why the two banks collapsed, as well as the changing conditions and analyses that occurred between March 10 and 12; any regulatory, supervisory, or examination failures in the Federal Reserve System (Fed) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

In related news, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has stated that it will not accede to the demand of any potential buyer of Signature Bank to divest its cryptocurrency activities.

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