Despite Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Roku Confident It Has Enough Funds


So far, the effects of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) seem to be under control, but the failure of the bank has had an effect on firms that had money in the bank.

Roku was harmed, as around 26% of its cash and financial equivalents were placed at the bank. When the government intervened, around $487 million of the bank’s total $1.9 billion deposits were in limbo. The government then announced that the bank’s clients would be able to retrieve their savings in full.

On Monday, Roku’s stock fell as much as 9.2 percent following the announcement of the company’s bankruptcy but recovered after President Joe Biden stated that the FDIC would protect affected customers.

Biden stated in a statement, “First, all clients with deposits in these banks may rest confident that they will be safeguarded and have access to their funds as of today.” “No taxpayers will be responsible for any losses. The funds will instead come from the fees banks pay into the Deposit Insurance Fund.”

Roku stated that the company had enough cash on hand to remain solvent even without FDIC protection.

“Consequently, we have filed an 8-K, which is the entirety of our current public declaration. In it, we stated that we are confident in our ability to satisfy all our financial responsibilities. This is our current public statement,” Roku’s co-head of U.S. brand sales, Julian Mintz, stated.

To forestall a future financial crisis, the world’s largest bank, HSBC, acquired SVB in the United Kingdom to safeguard a large number of British technology companies.

In the meantime, the Federal Reserve revealed on Monday that it is examining its own role in Silicon Valley Bank’s bankruptcy and will have a report by May 1.