The country's top six banks were sideswiped by rising provisions for soured loans and slumping capital markets.

The regulator says the bank needs to address employee complaints and pay controls; the presidential hopeful would make it more difficult for banks to combine.

The decline in revenue from capital markets undercut gains in consumer banking and pushed fiscal fourth-quarter earnings below analysts’ expectations.

Bank of Montreal's drive to improve efficiencies has come with a cost: C$357 million, along with more job cuts.

The New York-based institution has returned more than $8 million to members since 2003.

One-time expenses at a handful of large banks marred an otherwise solid quarter, while higher charge-offs point to possible credit-quality concerns.

Profits dipped 7% from a year earlier but banks still earned nearly $60 billion, the agency said in its Quarterly Banking Profile.

In September, loan balances grew at a slower pace than a year earlier, according to the latest trends report from CUNA Mutual.

Toronto-Dominion Bank would end up with a smaller stake in a larger brokerage if Schwab and TD Ameritrade combined. But it could parlay that stake into funds for a U.S. bank acquisition.

This is the second time in five years the California-based credit union has issued a giveback, for a total of $38 million.

Five years into Victor Dodig's time as chief executive officer of CIBC, the performance gap between Canada's fifth-largest bank and its peers is as wide as ever.

Delinquencies also remained at "historical low levels" through Sept. 30, according to the state's financial regulator.

The Wisconsin-based institution has returned more than $11.7 million to members over the past six years.

Such credits, which reflect borrowers with financial challenges, increased significantly during the third quarter.

The issue, tied to how the company reconciles corporate accounts to its general ledger, is not expected to impact past financial statements.

Completing the deal before the new year would let the merged company avoid an earnings hit in complying with the Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard and give it more flexibility on capital adjustments.

Earlier this decade, a boom in low-cost prepaid cards undercut the firm's business model. Now the fiercest competition is coming from venture capital-backed startups that offer accounts with no overdraft fees.

The credit union retains a strong net worth position and saw a nearly 5% increase in members during the first three quarters of this year.

The Honolulu-based credit union saw a nearly 7% increase in new members, thanks in part to an expanded branch presence in West Oahu.

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