Risk management

USAA's regulatory troubles now include OCC fine, CRA downgrade; Citi CEO Michael Corbat and CFO Mark Mason dodged questions on cost of risk overhaul; PNC unlikely to buy a digital bank, CEO Demchak says; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Examiners are skilled at spotting trouble but often do too little to correct it, as the latest revelations about Citi once again show. Prompt supervisory intervention is essential to protecting the integrity of the financial system.

CEO Michael Corbat and CFO Mark Mason dodged questions from analysts about how much time and money Citigroup expects to spend to address recent enforcement actions.

The company's mistaken payment to Revlon creditors and other lapses are said to have contributed to Citi's recent leadership shake-up. On Wednesday, the OCC and Fed ordered the company to fix its risk management problems.

Citigroup can seek information on the relationship between investment managers and Revlon Inc. creditors who have refused to return millions of dollars the company says it mistakenly sent them, a judge ruled.

Jane Fraser, who is poised to become the first woman to lead a major U.S. bank, possesses turnaround experience and strong interpersonal skills that make her well suited for mending fences with regulators and investors, according to present and former colleagues.

Citigroup will establish new internal oversight guidelines, spend more on technology and take other steps to upgrade risk systems, CFO Mark Mason said at an industry conference in discussing the aftermath of the bank’s mistaken $900 million payment.

Subprime borrowers, who rely more on credit cards than any other group, are seeing their limits cut the most as banks reduce exposure during the coronavirus pandemic.

Citigroup’s $900 million payment blunder in a normally low-profile part of the financial market dominated by a handful of banks has experts wondering if regulators will uncover a deeper problem.