US regional banks may have a difficult begin to the brand new week after struggling First Republic introduced late on Friday that it was suspending dividend funds on most well-liked shares.

The corporate stated it was “as a measure of prudent oversight” however slicing the prefs is a desperation transfer. It was worry of Citigroup slicing its most well-liked the kicked off a spherical of the monetary disaster and an eventual authorities bailout.

Shares of FRC closed Thursday at $14.03 from a excessive of $147.68 in February. The issue with that share worth is that it is nonetheless too excessive to fold the corporate into another financial institution for next-to-nil nevertheless it’s additionally too low to encourage any sort of confidence.

Giant banks injected $30 billion in deposits into First Republic final month in a rescue that appeared to work, not less than for awhile.

This can make for an fascinating begin to the brand new week.