PNC decides not to bid on Silicon Valley Bank as regulators struggle to find rescue buyers, source says

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PNC Financial Group has decided against bidding on Silicon Valley Bank as regulators struggled to find a buyer for the failed bank's assets, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The Pittsburgh, Penn.-based bank sent an initial notice of interest to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for a deal for SVB and held brief and preliminary discussions with the agency, the source said.

However, after conducting initial due diligence, PNC informed the FDIC on Saturday that it decided not to move forward, the source said.

The FDIC is conducting an auction for SVB this weekend, with final bids due Sunday, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The regulators shuttered SVB on Friday and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis — and the second-largest ever.

A total or partial acquisition by another bank is one of the options regulators are exploring. They could also use the FDIC's systemic risk exception tool to backstop the uninsured deposits at SVB.