Finance

"Right now, we are seeing nothing but stability," Visa CEO Al Kelly said. But the card network is hedging its bets against a broad downturn by diversifying its opportunities and accelerating new use cases and markets for direct debit payments.

The Indiana company reported strong growth in profits and loan income, and it hopes its addition of more than two dozen wealth management and commercial banking specialists will help beef up what one analyst called "softer than expected" noninterest income.

Visa and its rivals have seen spending increases cool with inflation soaring to once-in-a-generation levels.

Buoyed by robust lending through the third quarter, Discover Financial Services has tightened lending criteria slightly but expects charge-offs to remain low. However, inflation meant this growth has come at a higher cost in recent quarters.

HSBC Holdings named Georges Elhedery as its new chief financial officer, setting up the bank's former markets boss as a potential front-runner to eventually replace CEO Noel Quinn.

Loans at the Utah bank increased 6% in the third quarter. Executives said a darkening economic forecast could lower that figure.

CEO Rob Holmes says that much of the Dallas company's increased spending is now in the past. But meeting the bank's targets is "a complete show-me story," one analyst said.

Congress will eventually turn its attention to the fact that taxpayers are subsidizing payments to large financial institutions.

The addition of investment bank Capstone Partners and the wider geographic footprint that resulted from the acquisition of TCF Financial helped drive a 58% increase in net income during the third quarter.

A big settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and recent changes to overdraft policies by the Alabama company helped drive down its third-quarter profits by 34%.

U.S. central bankers said the next phase in their campaign to curb inflation will be to debate how high to raise interest rates and when to slow the pace of increases.

Paydowns at the Arkansas bank, which specializes in commercial real estate lending, fell by $1 billion from the prior quarter as refinancing activity slowed amid soaring interest rates. The result was stronger loan growth.

Amex affirmed its full-year guidance, though it is also monitoring for changes in consumer behavior.

The Cincinnati bank reported strong growth from Dividend Finance, which offers renewable energy loans, and Provide, which lends money to health care professionals. The two units were bright spots as the company's net income dropped by 7.2%.

The Washington-based bank is looking to create a Pacific Northwest powerhouse by acquiring Umpqua. The companies are waiting for green lights from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Federal Reserve.

The Florida company is making progress after recent moves into Atlanta and Dallas, CEO Rajinder Singh said. Growth in Atlanta is meeting expectations, and the company is weighing lending options in Dallas, where it currently focuses on deposit-gathering.

The Cleveland bank expects to lose about $25 million in fee income per quarter as a result of recent changes to its overdraft policies. CEO Chris Gorman said Key plans to compensate by expanding its customer base.

Pricing discipline at the Georgia bank contributed to a 3.5% quarter-over-quarter decline in deposits. To stem the tide, the company plans to lean into core deposits, brokered deposits and advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

Toronto-Dominion Bank's U.S. commercial lending chief sees loan demand growing even as the Federal Reserve aggressively hikes rates that are already at the highest since 2008.