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WASHINGTON – The failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has a new owner. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said it has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement for all deposits and loans of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank by First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Raleigh, N.C.

WASHINGTON—Following a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the operators of a telemarketing scam that called hundreds of thousands of consumers nationwide to pitch them expensive “extended automobile warranties” will face a lifetime ban from the extended automobile warranty industry and from all outbound telemarketing.