If regulators push forward with plans to strengthen capital requirements for banks with more than $100 billion of assets, the nation's largest bank says, the cost of credit would rise and more consumers could seek out nontraditional lenders.

The bank's allowance for losses on commercial real estate loans jumped to $3.6 billion in the second quarter — up 64% from a year earlier. The negative forecast could portend trouble for smaller banks that have bigger exposure to the office sector.

Executives now see Wells Fargo's NII rising roughly 14% for the full year, more than the 10% jump they had earlier projected. 

JPMorgan Chase's revenue soared to a record in the second quarter, boosted by the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes and its acquisition of First Republic Bank.

The U.K. entrepreneur died from a rare form of bone cancer, with which he was diagnosed at the start of 2020.

The six biggest banks in the U.S. are expected to sell between $28 billion and $32 billion of new bonds after they report quarterly earnings, and regional banks — seeking to raise more capital — could be right behind them.

Tom Drake is joining Wells from Barclays as a managing director in its mergers-and-acquisitions group focusing on health care services and medical-technology deals. Chris Norman, most recently at Citigroup, is joining as a managing director in M&A focusing on technology in San Francisco.