American Banker | May 1, 2013
Median chief executive pay raises slowed from the year before but look healthy compared with stagnant revenues and languishing stock prices.
American Banker | Apr 19, 2013
B of A just recorded its lowest provision for buybacks of bad mortgages in years, and JPMorgan Chase has been reducing its reserves, but most claims from private investors are unresolved.
American Banker | Apr 16, 2013
Credit card delinquencies ticked down in March, and releases of reserves for loan losses boosted first quarter profits.
American Banker | Apr 12, 2013
Share buybacks have been dormant at big banks and dividends remain slim, but capital payouts are gaining momentum after this winter’s stress tests.
American Banker | Apr 10, 2013
There were more deals announced in the Midwest than in any other U.S. region last year.
American Banker | Apr 10, 2013
Bankers cite still-tepid credit demand as lending loses momentum, and worries over deteriorating standards and pricing.
American Banker | Apr 4, 2013
Analysts are skeptical lenders can cut overhead fast enough to keep up with a projected collapse in mortgage volume. Some banks are intent on taking a bigger piece of the pie.
American Banker Magazine | Apr 1, 2013
A breakdown of M&A deals by bank size and by region, along with American Banker's semi-annual ranking of deal advisers.
American Banker | Mar 28, 2013
For banks looking to poach customers disaffected by mergers among rivals, there is plenty of opportunity. More than 20% of deposits have changed hands recently in about 50 markets around the country.
Bank Think | Mar 26, 2013
Receiving Wide Coverage ... Good Euros and Bad Euros: The accomplished fact of losses for large depositors to resolve Cyprus' insolvent banks rippled through markets, newspapers and the commentariat. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hard line against the offshore banking haven prevailed, but fresh worries that depositors in other countries with weak banks might flee reinvigorated doubts about the viability of the euro. An interview in the FT with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem was a focal point....
American Banker | Mar 22, 2013
Big banks reversed a buildup in long-dated bonds over the last two quarters, a reassuring development amid worries that they might “reach for yield.”
American Banker | Mar 13, 2013
The upswing in acquisition announcements lately has been unaccompanied by the spiral of rising deal and trading multiples that attended waves of mergers in the past.
American Banker | Mar 11, 2013
Firms have continued to plow money into bank deposits, but high liquidity ratios appear to be more a continuation of trends in place since the 1980s than a reaction to the financial crisis.
American Banker | Mar 5, 2013
Large bank holding companies have positioned themselves aggressively for a rise in interest rates, based on levels of short-term assets and liabilities. Smaller holding companies have not.
American Banker Magazine | Mar 1, 2013
An analysis of mortgage origination volume and revenue at five big banks.
American Banker Magazine | Mar 1, 2013
Median deposits per branch have jumped significantly since 2007 for many banks.
American Banker | Feb 28, 2013
Large banks have been relatively inactive in the market for targets with less than $2 billion of assets, once a staple.
American Banker | Feb 27, 2013
Cost consciousness appears to have an echo in the way banks are configuring their branch networks: the typical office holds more deposits than it used to.
American Banker | Feb 26, 2013
Home equity lending remains miles away from growth, despite anecdotal evidence of a comeback and rising real estate prices that are fortifying loans already on the books.
American Banker | Feb 21, 2013
Recovering home prices have helped shrink underwater home equity loans, but such uncollateralized assets are still large when measured against Tier 1 common equity at the Big Four.