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Coinbase Global is halting operations in Japan, less than a month after another major digital-asset exchange, Kraken, announced its withdrawal from the country.

Community bankers already have decades of experience managing concentration risks and responding to extreme weather events and natural disasters in their communities.

Neobanks and online lenders are expected to address credit concerns, product development and balance sheet resilience in upcoming reports.

Michael Hsu, the interim head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, warns that the OCC and other agencies would take harsh steps to punish large banks that chronically violate the rules — including splitting them up.

CEO Bruce Van Saun said that any potential recession will likely be "subdued," as the Rhode Island bank projected a rebound in noninterest income.

Goldman Sachs provided more details on its pullback from its once-grand ambitions to expand into consumer finance. Though parts of that strategy will remain, the New York bank will halt its personal loan business and postpone offering a checking account for its wealth management customers.

Six large banks will have to estimate the impact of a major hurricane in the Northeast and one other climate disaster on their real estate portfolios. Policy-related risks will also be explored.

The New York bank reported a 17% drop-off in deposits during the fourth quarter as it sought to reduce its concentration in the digital currency realm. It expects its balance sheet to stabilize in the second half of 2023.

The Federal Trade Commission singled out Mastercard in its recent proposed consent order, but other implicated card networks and issuers are unlikely to escape censure.

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's advances to Silvergate Bank, which catered to the cryptocurrency industry, aren't as worrying as the context — the Federal Home Loan Bank System is a systemically critical node of liquidity in the banking system.