June 19 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley Bank's customers in Asia whose deposits were recently seized by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) are under pressure to repay loans to First Citizens Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. According to the report, when SVB failed in March, the FDIC stepped in to protect all of the California bank's U.S. deposits and arranged a sale of the lender's U.S. customer accounts, branches and loans to First Citizens Bancshares. SVB, FDIC and First Citizens Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment. California regulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank in March and First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA.O) purchased the bank with the help of FDIC in a deal that drained $20 billion from an insurance fund financed by banks and run by the government. Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru Editing by Marguerita ChoyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: SVB, Tiyashi Datta, Marguerita Choy Organizations: U.S . Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, First Citizens Bank, Street, FDIC, California bank's, Bank, Thomson Locations: Asia, California bank's U.S, U.S, Cayman Islands, China, Singapore, California, Bengaluru