Coronavirus Impact
Coronavirus Impact
With this week's revision on liquidity rules, banks such as JPMorgan Chase will be allowed to function as giant custody banks like Bank of New York Mellon and State Street.

The change — effective immediately — will reduce capital demands by about 2% overall, the Fed estimated, and will be open for a 45-day comment period.

April 2
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A coronavirus-spurred slowdown in travel and restaurant spending has credit card issuers reworking their offerings.

April 2
1 Min Read

Lloyds Banking Group Plc will offer interest-free overdrafts and credit card payment freezes to customers struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, pre-empting the Financial Conduct Authority’s latest measures to help households.

April 2
1 Min Read

About 1,000 interns were notified of the change this week. They will still receive the pay and housing funds outlined in their original offer letters.

April 2
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The number of deals per year was declining even before the pandemic, and it's unclear when things might pick up again.

April 2
5 Min Read

The U.K.’s growing panic about the spread of coronavirus has created an open season for fraudsters, with government agencies and cybersecurity companies reporting unprecedented levels of criminal activity since the virus began sweeping across the globe in January.

April 2
3 Min Read
Democrats like Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, left, supported measures such as a temporary ban on overdraft fees. But many consumer protection proposals did not make it in to the final stimulus package negotiated by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

If Capitol Hill plans another round of stimulus, Democrats could have more leverage to demand steps such as suspending overdraft fees or placing a temporary cap on consumer lending rates.

April 1
5 Min Read
The question of whether to lift Wells Fargo's asset cap in the midst of a crisis is a complicated one for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, left. As recently as March 10, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said that he believes the $1.95 trillion cap is appropriate.

Amid the coronavirus emergency, the central bank may have to decide at what point the imperatives of an economic crisis outweigh the requirements of its most severe enforcement action in recent memory.

April 1
5 Min Read
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