Bank of America Corp. CEO Brian Moynihan said this week’s flood of earnings reports from banks illustrates the health of the U.S. financial system despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last month.
Speaking on Bloomberg TV at the Bloomberg Sell-Side Leaders Forum 2023, Moynihan said the first-quarter updates from the financial sector provided some assurance to Wall Street. “There was a fair amount of disruption for a few weeks,” Moynihan said. “Certain business models were sorted through. But on the other hand you could see and we could see the stability in the other business models.”
Moynihan said any potential regulatory changes as a result of the recent events should be done gradually over time, but that the system worked by covering deposits and finding buyers for Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.