SAN FRANCISCO - (09/29/04) -- The Federal Home Loan bank of SanFrancisco said it expects to pay a healthy 3.90% dividend on itsstock for the third quarter, down from the 4.68% paid for thesecond quarter. The dividend must still be approved by the FederalHousing Finance Board which regulates the 12 regional FHLBs. Thereare 342 financial institution member/owners of the San Franciscobank, including 50 credit unions.
The top five banks and thrifts have combined total assets of nearly $13 trillion.
After several quarters of slumping investment banking and trading fees, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company reported a big uptick from that division, which helped compensate for a large decline in net interest income.
The Federal Reserve's Office of the Inspector General says the Fed has yet to fulfill 65 recommendations, and also identified 18 outstanding issues at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The bank will use biometric authentication to streamline checkout in stores starting in 2025. It has already completed internal and external pilots of the technology.
Banks reported nearly $27 billion had been tied up in scams or theft against elderly people in a recent 12-month period, according to a report from the U.S. Treasury.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it's ready to wind down the global systemically important banks. But until that happens, many in the banking industry are skeptical that regulators have actually developed a workable strategy to end "too big to fail."
