Corporate governance

Goldman Sachs Group's traders once again helped rescue results from a sharp slowdown in investment banking just as the firm prepares for a reorganization that will combine the two business units

Its investment banking and corporate lending revenues dipped during the third quarter, while treasury services and branded cards were bright spots. That formula will be tested by "rolling, country-level recessions" across the globe, CEO Jane Fraser predicts.

The San Francisco bank tallied $2.2 billion in net operating losses, higher than in any quarter since late 2017. The charges offset what otherwise would have been a strong third-quarter performance.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to accelerate lending to global funds and other institutional investors in the U.S., as it moves to overtake Goldman Sachs Group this year in loans syndicated in the world's biggest economy. 

Royal Bank of Canada expects to gain more market share in the U.K. wealth management business in the years ahead, with its technological capabilities key to attracting clients.

Some online banks are offering the highest rate on savings accounts only to new customers. The strategy could suppress deposit costs at a time when the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate increases have begun to put pressure on expenses.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications said its new capability, which lets users track trades from order to settlement, will be broadly available next year.

HSBC Holdings is exploring a sale of its operations in Canada, the latest move to streamline the lender that is seeking to head off a call by its largest shareholder to split up.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce named Chief Risk Officer Shawn Beber as the new head of its U.S. division and tapped Susan Rimmer to lead the company's global corporate and investment banking franchise.

Financial institutions of all sizes — from JPMorgan Chase to SouthState to Fairwinds Credit Union — have reopened many branches, rolled out mobile banking units as well as reemployed pandemic-era digital and loan-forgiveness strategies in parts of Florida and South Carolina devastated by the powerful hurricane.