Industry News
The regulators laid out several measures that would change how large but not global systemically important banks capitalize and structure themselves.
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The Southern California branches will be sold to HomeState Bank, a Seattle-based community bank. The Department of Justice required the sale as part of U.S. Bancorp's pending acquisition of MUFG Union Bank.
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The megabank made its first-ever disclosures about financed emissions in a report aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. "The complexity of this process only served to highlight the critical need for consistent, verified public reporting of emissions and other climate-related data," the bank stated.
October 6
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Daniel D. Robb of Jonesburg State Bank takes over as chairman of the American Bankers Association, which elected officers and board members for 2022-23 at its annual convention.
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Financial institutions of all sizes — from JPMorgan Chase to SouthState to Fairwinds Credit Union — have reopened many branches, rolled out mobile banking units as well as reemployed pandemic-era digital and loan-forgiveness strategies in parts of Florida and South Carolina devastated by the powerful hurricane.
October 3 -
The report, which examined trends between 2010 and 2021, found that the country's biggest banks only opened 638 branches in low-to-moderate-income communities made up primarily of people of color. That accounts for just 15% of their total branch openings.
September 29 -
After a yearlong investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, large investment banks including BofA, Citi and Deutsche admitted they failed to monitor their employees on certain messaging channels such as WhatsApp.
September 28 -
The Rhode Island bank's agreement to purchase power from Ørsted will support the development of a new wind farm in Kansas. Citizens will receive renewable energy credits.
September 22 -
The number of U.S. banks has dropped by two-thirds since the mid-1980s. Everyone expects this trend to continue for the foreseeable future. But at what point does M&A cool?
September 21 -
The Cincinnati bank's new division will lend to nonbanks that make or bundle together residential mortgage loans, whose businesses have slowed as higher interest rates lower appetite for refinancing. The warehouse sector has seen "fierce competition" among banks lately, one analyst wrote.
September 20
