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Click on individual bank names in the table below to access American Banker's coverage of each company's earnings report. Links to relevant coverage, filings, releases, and bank benchmark profile data can be found in the Related Links area of each article.
April 29 -
Implementation of Basel III remains years away, but Citigroup Inc. is wasting little time in unloading assets that will look a lot less attractive under the new regulatory framework.
April 18 -
The shaky economy is making it difficult for Bank of America to shrug off its mortgage woes, and dampening returns from business lines that might offset the lopsided burden.
April 15 -
For other banks, the trouble lies in what wasn't in JPMorgan Chase's numbers: Growth in fees and loan interest. Only the investment bank posted higher revenue.
April 13 -
Questions about M&A are likely to dominate first-quarter conference calls among regional banks in the coming weeks. But beyond the standard "we're open to opportunities" line from executives, the real story will be in the numbers.
April 12 -
Banks' old problems kept easing in the first quarter. Their new problems didn't. That's what analysts expect to hear from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. this week as they kick off quarterly results.
April 10 -
Concern about stock and bottom-line performance seems on the rise again, with CEOs preoccupied with the idea of returning capital to shareholders and replacing fee income.
April 5
Zions Bancorp. reported its first quarterly profit since the financial crisis, driven by dramatically reduced reserving and chargeoffs.
The Salt Lake City bank posted net earnings of $15 million for the first quarter, compared to an $86 million loss a year earlier. Credit improvements drove the gains, with chargeoffs declining 44% from the 4th quarter, to $141 million. Loan-loss provisions fell 65% to $60 million over the same period.
"We believe these improved credit measures and trends are sustainable, and will lead to continued operating profitability through the remainder of the year," said Harris Simmons, Zions' chairman and chief executive officer, in a press release Monday.
The bank's net interest margin also increased, from 3.49% in the fourth quarter to 3.76% in the first. The company's Tier One capital ratio also rose to 9.3%, from 7.1% a year earlier. Zions also reported a $19 million gain on loans acquired with an FDIC loss-guarantee backstop.
