An American company concludes an agreement to purchase the assets of Signature Bank

A subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp entered into an agreement with US regulators to buy deposits and loans from Signature Bank of New York, which closed a week ago.

The FDIC said the deal would see the company, called Flagstar Bank, take over substantially all of Signature Bank’s deposits, some of its loan portfolio and all 40 of its former subsidiaries.

The foundation said Signature Bank’s nearly $60 billion in loans and $4 billion in deposits would remain under its jurisdiction.

The announcement, which was made on Sunday, concerns one of two collapsed banks that the institution assumes judicial custody over.

The statement did not mention the other bank, Silicon Valley Bank, a much larger bank that entered the trusteeship lawsuit two days before Signature.

Signature had assets of $110.36 billion, while Silicon Valley had assets of $209 billion.

Archyde.com reported earlier on Sunday that the corporation would re-bid its Silicon Valley assets after failing to attract buyers for the entire bank.

Under the Signature Bank assets arrangement, Flagstar will buy $12.9 billion worth of loans at a $2.7 billion discount.

The corporation estimates that the deal will cost its Deposit Insurance Fund about $2.5 billion.

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