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Although the Columbus, Ohio-based regional emerged from the recent crisis relatively unscathed, management was still taking steps to shore up its balance sheet, including forgoing stock buybacks to strengthen a key capital metric.
April 20 -
Despite slower new-account growth, the card network had healthy overall sales, loan growth and deposit inflows in the first quarter. The performance gave credence to its ambitions to become a digital banking giant.
April 20 -
The Cleveland-based regional bank said that its net interest income fell 10% — and profits declined by an even larger percentage — as it paid more to retain depositors. Still, CEO Chris Gorman said the company is "well prepared to handle the deposit challenges in front of the market."
April 20 -
The Charlotte, North Carolina, company plans to fold the online consumer lending platform LightStream into its broader consumer business. On top of a recent pullback in bond trading, it may also make further reductions in its mortgage business and occupied real estate.
April 20 -
Paying higher rates to customers should help stem deposit outflows at the Salt Lake City bank. But it's expected to contribute to a projected 7% drop in net interest income during the second quarter.
April 20 -
The card network says it is prepared to act on any new demand created by the recent banking crisis or possible economic downturn even though it reported slower growth in small-merchant card spending in the first quarter.
April 20 -
The Providence, Rhode Island, expects NII to decline 3% for the second consecutive quarter now that it's paying more to prevent a further slide in deposits and tightening lending standards in anticipation of a mild recession.
April 19 -
Reacting to a sharp uptick in charge-offs, Synchrony more than doubled its provision for credit losses during the first quarter to account for further shocks along with healthy loan-portfolio growth as more consumers revolve credit card balances.
April 19 -
During its first-quarter earnings call, the Detroit-based company's CEO said it is seeking to "protect the house" by dialing back the pace of car-loan originations and seeking to attract more super-prime borrowers.
April 19 -
Executives at the Minneapolis bank responded to a research report that highlighted the decline in a key capital ratio after an acquisition last year. They don't plan to raise capital but aim to generate more of it from earnings in coming quarters.
April 19