FDIC to propose tougher capital requirements for regional banks

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposed new regulations on regional banks Tuesday in the wake of several regional bank failures, including Silicon Valley Bank, earlier this year.

The new rules would require banks with more than $100 billion in assets to fund themselves more with long-term debt, a less-volatile source of funding than consumer deposits or short-term debt, and would also require banks with more than $50 billion in assets to  periodically submit plans that would guide federal agencies in the case of a failure….