Bank of America to buy Signature Bank: BillAckman

Bill Ackman in a tweet on Friday said Bank of America is going to acquire Signature Bank on Monday, without citing the source of the information.

“I am hearing that @BankofAmerica is going to buy Signature Bank on Monday. Unless and until we can protect uninsured deposits, the cost of capital is going to rise for smaller banks pushing them to merge or be acquired by the SIBs. I don’t think this is good for America,” he said in the tweet.

Investor Bill Ackman tweeted that Bank of America would buy Signature Bank. Twitter/@billackman
“I don’t think this is good for America,” Bill Ackman tweeted. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

However, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Bank of America is not interested in buying Signature Bank.

Signature Bank did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Bank of America declined to comment.

Bill Ackman said that smaller banks were going to be pushed to merge with or be acquired by SIBs. REUTERS

State regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank on Sunday, the third largest failure in US banking history, two days after authorities shuttered Silicon Valley Bank in a collapse that stranded billions in deposits.

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