While some aspects of the conventional wisdom regarding banks' entering wealth management are accurate, the reality is far more nuanced. A recent survey of bank executives by American Banker and SourceMedia Research shows that wealth management is on many bank executives' radars and that the coming years will see increased competition for customer relationships in this arena. This report assesses what exactly bankers mean when they think about "wealth management," what areas they are targeting, and what hurdles to success they have identified as they seek to buttress their sources of noninterest income.
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Peoples Bancorp, which has been hovering just below a key regulatory threshold, plans to get to $14 billion of assets with its planned acquisition of Maryland-based Capital Bancorp.
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The Federal Reserve Office of the Inspector General issued its much-anticipated report on the ongoing renovations at the central bank's Washington, D.C., headquarters and found no criminal wrongdoing.
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The federal banking agency has conditionally approved Mission Lane's request for a limited-purpose credit card bank charter.
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The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said they have doubts about the feasibility of American Express' resolution plan, yet issued no formal deficiencies with theirs or any of the other 14 other large banks' resolution plans reviewed.
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Home value fell in real terms, as inflation ran 1.5 percentage points above price growth, down slightly from 3.5% in June, according to the Case-Shiller index.
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The Federal Reserve voted 6-1 to finalize its proposed stress test reforms, including seeking input on stress test scenarios and models annually and averaging results over two years.
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