WALL STREET – The Federal Home Loan Bank system, one of the few acceptable issuers of credit union investments, launched a new long-term offering last week, 30-year global bonds. The 5.50% bonds, due July 15, 2036, were priced at 98.656 to yield 5.593%, or 47 basis points over comparable U.S. Treasuries. The FHLBs sold $1.5 billion of the new bonds. Underwriters said 86% of the issue was sold domestically and the rest internationally.
Fifteen banks have failed since November 2019, with the most recent one occurring on Jan. 30.
The Government Accountability Office was tasked with investigating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's stop-work order, but CFPB officials refused to meet with or provide information to Congress' investigative arm.
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said comments from banks and fintech firms reveal sharply different priorities in the creation of the central bank's proposed "skinny" master accounts.
Check fraud has risen 385% since the pandemic, with criminals using stolen mail and digital tools to deceive major financial institutions.
The activist investor HoldCo Asset Management said Monday that it doesn't plan to pursue proxy battles this spring at either Key or Eastern. It had been agitating publicly over the banks' M&A strategies.
Jack Dorsey's payments company also laid off employees early in 2025 and 2024 following a self-imposed employee cap of 12,000 in November 2023.
