Kevin Wack is American Banker's national editor, and is based in southern California. He was formerly the publication's consumer finance reporter and its Capitol Hill correspondent. Earlier, he worked on financial policy in Washington. He has also reported for the Associated Press and worked as the investigative reporter for the Portland Press Herald in Maine.
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Both loan demand and credit availability have contracted sharply, according to senior executives at several of the nation's largest banks. Their comments came against the specter of a potential recession.
June 4 -
Carrie Tolstedt, the longtime head of retail banking at Wells, is resolving legal problems tied to her role in the bank's phony-accounts scandal. Earlier this year, she agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge as part of a deal that calls for up to 16 months behind bars.
May 31 -
Venture capital banking and wealth management are two areas where the nation's largest bank sees a chance to make gains amid a rash of bank failures. After the company's investor day on Monday, one analyst wrote: "Goliath is winning."
May 22 -
The CEOs of the nation's largest banks met with officials in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, just two weeks before the government is expected to go broke. Behind the scenes, the banks are reviewing contingencies in case the unthinkable occurs.
May 18 -
More than 140 current and former lawmakers are defending the constitutionality of the agency's funding arrangements. The nation's highest court is expected to rule on the issue in its upcoming term.
May 15 -
Silicon Valley Bank's failure in early March kicked off a period of turmoil unlike anything the U.S. banking industry has been through since 2008 and 2009. Here's a look back at the key events.
May 14 -
The retail behemoth alleged in a lawsuit last month that Capital One fell short on customer service. But the McLean, Virginia-based bank says ending the partnership would open a path for a rival offering from a Walmart-backed fintech venture.
May 9 -
Rock-bottom stock prices at midsize banks are fueling concerns that depositors could get spooked, and short sellers are drawing much of the blame. But their persistence may be exposing a broader lack of confidence in the industry.
May 7 -
On one level, the failed bank's narrative mirrors the interest rate misplay and depositor panic at Bay Area neighbor Silicon Valley Bank. But it's also a deeply personal story about Herbert, who founded First Republic in the 1980s, championed its aggressive growth and failed in a last-ditch attempt to engineer a private-sector rescue.
May 3 -
First Republic Bank was shuttered by regulators early Monday, and all its deposits and most of its assets were acquired by JPMorgan. San Francisco-based First Republic was undone by low-rate mortgages it made to its wealthy customers as well as by the fallout from last month's banking crisis.
May 1
