But when SVB collapsed on a Friday, those pending "captures" were in limbo. Funds had been authorized but not yet settled. Merchants realized that if they could before the FDIC locked the bank accounts, they might recover some liquidity.
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Following the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023, startups and tech firms scrambled for liquidity. While SVB is now part of First Citizens Bank, many legacy tools, APIs, and automated scripts still use the "SVB" shorthand. The "paypalcapturesvb" workflow likely originated as a crisis-response script to rapidly move captured PayPal funds into SVB accounts before the FDIC takeover. "purchase_units": [ "amount": "currency_code": "USD"