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Prosecutors claim every dollar in subsidy funds from settlements equates to ten times the amount in value in home lending efforts.

The top five banks and thrifts have combined total assets of more than $12 trillion as of December 31, 2022.

First-quarter results on Monday showed that its key units continued to lose money and shed clients, and the firm borrowed far more from a central bank liquidity backstop than previously known.

The Birmingham, Alabama, bank said that its deposits fell by $3.3 billion last quarter, and it projected a decrease of up to $2 billion between April and June. Executives assured investors that sizable liquidity sources are available.

Financial institutions and their trade groups fear a loss of funding for loans if customers migrate in large numbers to a central bank digital currency, according to comments to the Federal Reserve about a possible digital dollar. Industry officials are also worried about heightened cybersecurity and money laundering risks.

Texas National Bank in Mercedes, Texas, is testing how alternative data can improve the speed and accuracy with which it lends to its small-business customers.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council proposed two measures that would enable the body to more easily designate nonbanks as systemically important, a move expected to revive Dodd-Frank era debates between Republicans and Democrats.

Bank of America hits 100% recycled-plastic card goal for Earth Day, First U.S. Community Credit Union names new CEO, Santander partners with DailyPay, and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Regional banks, including PNC Financial Services Group, KeyCorp, and Citizens Financial Group, were among those boosting lobbying expenses at the highest rates.

A study published after last month's crisis finds that banks can guard against rate-driven deposit outflows by keeping more liquid funds available. It also concludes that financial institutions with higher rates of uninsured deposits are more likely to face bank runs.