Interest-Rate Risks Trigger Regulatory Scrutiny of Banks

US regulators are ratcheting up oversight efforts across the banking system as they lack the ability to quickly overhaul rules to blunt turmoil that’s already collapsed four mid-sized lenders.

The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have been peppering lenders over the past several weeks with questions related to interest-rate risks and commercial real estate exposure, according to people familiar with the matter. Failures by Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank to deal with surging borrowing costs were partly blamed for their demise.

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