Retail & Commercial

Chief Executive Bruce Van Saun said the Rhode Island bank doesn’t “need to be that greedy” after reporting a 34% rise in net interest income during the second quarter. He laid out plans to trim the bank’s sails in both commercial and consumer lending.

The latest expense guidance also stems from rising operating losses at the North Carolina bank. Cost-cutting was a key rationale for the 2019 merger of BB&T and SunTrust, which created Truist.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s latest effort to increase affordable banking access directs New York’s banking regulator to examine total overdraft fees paid in the state, the percentage of fees reduced through negotiations and other related matters.

Bank of America officials say the boost to loan income from rising rates combined with its overhaul of its loan book since the financial crisis will help it weather any potential economic challenges ahead. Analysts had a lot of questions about the bank’s reasoning.

In a quarter filled with economic and geopolitical uncertainty, the New York investment firm’s digital consumer bank achieved record-high revenues. Executives have said they plan to drive up revenues in that segment to $4 billion by 2024.

Investors have grown concerned that 40-year highs in inflation may take a bite out of consumers and lead to credit troubles, but Synchrony executives say consumers are continuing to manage “incredibly well.”

Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup each reported a substantially larger workforce in the second quarter compared with a year earlier. Across the six biggest U.S. banks, the average gain in employment was 5.5% compared with mid-2021.

Octane Lending is among the financial companies that have begun adopting software that the startup FairPlay calls "fairness as a service" as regulators scrutinize banks' artificial intelligence-based loan decisions.

Data as of Mar. 31, 2022. Dollars in thousands.

If the agency’s treatment of Bank of America is extended to the rest of the industry, it will cause widespread confusion and excessive regulatory burden.