KINSHASA, Zaire -- Barclays Bank said it would close its branches in Zaire next week. A collapse in investor confidence has virtually paralyzed the crisis-torn country's banking sector.
"Barclays Bank has decided to review its overseas operations and withdraw from certain countries, including Zaire," said bank manager R.R. Kingham.
Many Zairians have stopped depositing money, resulting in a liquidity pinch and forcing banks to halt or severely limit cash withdrawals.
The House Financial Services Committee also sent to the full House two bipartisan bills, including one that would prevent large banks from opting out of having to recognize Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in regulatory capital.
Charge-offs and nonperforming loans rose at the Georgia bank in the first quarter. But it blamed the problem on one large client and said the matter has been resolved.
Amid healthy first-quarter loan growth and improving credit quality, Discover Financial Services slashed its profits by $800 million to offset remediation costs from a 16-year period when it overcharged certain merchants.
Tests of models from OpenAI, Google and others found their advice tends to disadvantage names commonly associated with racial minorities and women.
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said she believes there is a feasible path forward for the revised capital reform proposal, emphasizing the importance of making broad changes informed by industry feedback to achieve broad consensus among Federal Reserve board members.
But views are split, at least in the near-term on whether rising mortgage rates are holding back the Spring home purchase season.
