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Median noninterest income at midsize banks rose 7.2% in the second quarter, exceeding expectations. Dallas-based Texas Capital stood out from the pack, reporting a large uptick in fee income thanks largely to its new investment banking platform.

The San Francisco company's student loan business suffered from the moratorium on federal borrowers' loans. But executives see a rebound ahead despite high interest rates dampening appetite for refinancing.

Regulators noted the demise of Heartland Tri-State Bank involved an isolated problem. Industry observers cautioned against prediction of more failures to follow, saying second-quarter earnings show community banks generally remain in sound financial health.

The Federal Reserve said that banks reported tighter standards and continued weak demand for loans in the second quarter, extending a trend that began before recent stresses in the banking sector emerged.

A federal judge has temporarily stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from implementing its small-business data collection rule until after the Supreme Court rules next year on whether the bureau's funding is constitutional.

Gateway First Bank, a former nonbank home lender, rode the pandemic era's mortgage wave to No. 1 on American Banker's latest list of top-performing banks based on full-year 2022 data. Now it has to cope with the housing market slowdown.

The top five community banks have more than $670 million in combined home equity loan portfolios as of March 31, 2023.

More than half of the eight-member Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials by Barclays and Morgan Stanley voted for disclosing just 33% of so-called facilitated emissions, according to a person familiar with the process. Two members of the group voted for 100%.

The top five banks and thrifts have more than $12 trillion in combined total assets as of the end of Q1 2023.

Dream First Bank of Syracuse, Kan. is assuming all deposits and most of the assets of Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kan. following a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., representing a $54.2 million hit to the Deposit Insurance Fund.