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Goldman Sachs’ Marcus, Synchrony Financial, American Express and Capital One Financial are among the banks that have recently raised their five-year CD yields. The price competition arrives as the Federal Reserve acts quickly to rein in inflation, spurring expectations that rates will continue to rise.
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Seiffert, who succeeded longtime CEO William Wagner, orchestrated the company’s entry into Indiana and the sale of its insurance unit. Northwest reported a record $161.9 million profit in 2021.
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As it walks away from retail here, the French bank wants to help business clients go abroad: “You have to be present.”
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The nation's largest bank indicated Monday that it may again offer home equity lines of credit to a wide audience. Rising mortgage rates have made the product more attractive after a long drought when low rates suppressed demand.
May 23 -
The firms respectively settled the regulator’s allegations about suspicious activity reports and the duty of best execution — two major areas of emphasis.
May 23 -
Bank of America is moving three months early on its most recent plan to raise its hourly base pay. “Until the labor market eases, the weight of wage growth is going to be strong,” CEO Brian Moynihan said during a CNBC interview.
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For women, the path to leadership isn't always the same one that men take. Talus Pay CEO Kim Fitzsimmons says her career moved fastest whenever she refused to stay in her lane.
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Bible, who has served as chief financial officer since the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, will stay on the job until a successor is found.
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The retail chain is uniquely positioned to tie its growing slate of financial products to its customers' shopping needs, both in stores and digitally, said Julia Unger, Walmart's vice president of financial services, at American Banker's Payments Forum.
May 20 -
Strong spending trends, combined with a reduction in card repayment rates, contributed to 17% loan growth last month. The data suggests that rising fears of a recession aren’t yet changing consumers’ behavior.
May 19 -
Nearly half of all small-business owners — and higher percentages of minority entrepreneurs — said in a new survey that they aren’t sure they could come up with the funds to cover an emergency $5,000 business expense. But the results also suggest that the Paycheck Protection Program may have led to more trust in the Small Business Administration.
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Corrigan thrived on crisis situations, a colleague said. He received plenty of practice in 25 years at the Fed and another two decades at Goldman Sachs.
May 19 -
Several federal agencies have recently stepped up requirements on banks to notify regulators and the public when they fall victim to cybersecurity incidents.
May 19 -
While red states like Florida have embraced the cryptocurrency industry, officials in New York and Illinois are taking action on Democratic Party priorities such as diversity and climate change. Here's a look at some hotbeds of innovative policymaking.
May 18 -
Kinecta Federal and Hawaii State Federal are launching smaller, high-efficiency branches and creatively managing real estate to better meet members where they are as well as cater to a younger demographic.
May 18 -
Perennial No. 1 Oregon Bancorp, which operates as Willamette Valley Bank, boasts strong sources of fee and interest income, sound underwriting and vibrant geographic markets. It’s a formula shared by many on American Banker's list of the 200 highest-performing publicly traded small banks.
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A hearing on the pending BMO-Bank of the West merger will be held in July, and another on TD's proposed acquisition of First Horizon is set for August. The announcements indicate that regulators have decided to hold such hearings more often.
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Only about 31% of the bank’s shareholders voted Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding “say on pay” resolution. The harsh verdict followed a one-time award of $52.6 million in stock options to keep Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the job for five more years.
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The Federal Reserve will begin shedding as much as $47.5 billion of assets monthly starting June 1 to tamp down on inflation. But doing so could undermine the banking industry’s preferred source of liquidity.
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