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CUs 6/04 CUs 9/04
Qtrly Loan Growth 4.44% 3.59%
Qtrly Share Growth 1.81% 0.82%
Qtrly Member Growth 2.81% 0.73%
Qtrly Borrowing Growth 13.63% 8.20%
Loans to Shares 72.58% 77.26%
YTD Return on Assets 1.00% 1.10%
YTD Yield on Loans 6.07% 6.07%
YTD Yield on Investment 2.50% 2.60%
YTD Cost of Funds 1.50% 1.50%
The Federal Home Loan Bank System stepped up advances by 37% or more to Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic banks ahead of their failures, the GAO says in a post-mortem on last year's banking crisis. The findings add to the debate about whether the system should be a lender of last resort.
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is running to lead his caucus in the House Financial Services Committee and says he has the skills to meld traditional and insurgent wings of the party.
Bellwether Community Credit Union's partnership with the New York ad tech firm Prizeout is working to build out gift card programs and generate added sources of non-interest income.
Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick downplayed the importance of government investigations into potential money laundering issues involving wealth management clients. "We've been focused on our client on-boarding and monitoring processes for a good while," he said.
The Pittsburgh-based regional bank also emphasized expense control for the first quarter and throughout 2024 as it manages credit quality vulnerabilities and higher charge-offs, particularly among office loans.
New York Community Bancorp CEO Joseph Otting has added three former colleagues to the embattled company's leadership team. The hires come six weeks after the Long Island bank got a $1 billion capital infusion, which led to Otting's appointment as CEO.
