The Silicon Valley Bank crisis has hammered stocks and almost certainly will curtail lending and economic growth this year. But it appears to be translating into a perk for consumers: Higher bank savings rates.
With some jittery depositors shifting their money from regional banks to large ones, at least some banks are lifting their savings account and CD rates to incentivize customers to stay put or to attract new money to replenish reserves, analysts say.
“It’s likely that concerns about maintaining deposit levels have put upward pressure on some deposit rates at some banks,” says Ken Tumin, founder of DepositAccounts.com, which tracks bank savings and CD rates. Banks, he says, want to “shore up their deposits to reduce the odds of being hurt by a bank run.”
Source : Banks raising savings rates to keep customers amidst SVB crisis