Finance

Both regional banks announced weaker guidance for net interest income than they had foreseen two months ago. The disclosures highlighted pressures that figure to take up a lot of the oxygen during second-quarter earnings season.

New loan acquisitions fell to their lowest level since 2020, but companies also grew shares of residential securities noticeably over the past three years, S&P Global Market Intelligence said.

Bond traders have overestimated month-over-month headline inflation heading into four of the last seven Consumer Price Index releases, says strategist Raghav Datla.

The top 200 publicly traded banks with less than $2 billion of assets capitalized on their strong loan portfolios and interest income. But given a shift in the economic environment and banking industry, performance challenges are expected to intensify through 2023.

Molloy will be leaving the banking giant for the nonprofit sector. Dan Tomson and Paul Creedon, co-heads of public finance, will be taking over his responsibilities.

Fintech VC funding flooded into consumer-focused companies in 2021. Now, the tides are changing direction.

When the once-ubiquitous interest rate goes away at the end of June, some businesses that have older loans may see a sudden jump in their payments. Banks, lawyers and business leaders are doing last-minute work to avoid that scenario.

Potential uses for banks include risk analysis, investment portfolio construction and financial crime monitoring.

Led by Chairman Marshall Reynolds, the entire board of directors participated in a private placement that raised $10 million for the Hammond, Louisiana, company.

As he updated RBC shareholders on a disappointing quarter, CEO Dave McKay cited the U.S. banking crisis and gridlock over the debt ceiling.

Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia increased provisions for loan losses in their fiscal second quarters amid a macroeconomic outlook that's continuing to darken.

During her opening remarks before lawmakers Tuesday, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency reiterated that borrowers with strong credit profiles are not being penalized to benefit those with poorer scores.

The Seattle bank is a victim of the short selling that has rocked the banking industry this year and its stock price doesn't reflect its fundamentals, CEO Mark Mason argues.

The banking giant plans to put all asset managers through training in Python programming language, whether they 'like it or not.'

The bank said it agreed to sell a $2.6 billion portfolio of 74 real estate construction loans as part of its plan to shore up liquidity.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams says there is no evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has ended the era of very low interest rates experienced before the crisis, although growth may be slower in the long run.

Shares in small banks have plummeted during this year's banking crisis. But deposits have largely stabilized and credit quality remains historically strong, bolstering the case for bargain buying and a sector rebound.

The challenger bank offers the largest advances on the market, but it is still working to become net cash positive and faces stiff competition.

Lenders used the firm's software in nearly a quarter of originations in the second half of last year, up from 14% over the same period in 2021.