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The San Francisco bank agreed to a deal with its shareholders after allegedly making misleading statements about its progress in resolving regulatory problems. The agreement is the second-largest bank class-action settlement in history.
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The debt ceiling is a law that can only end in disaster. Congress should replace it with a constitutional amendment that requires federal budgets to be balanced and passed on time.
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Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike pilloried former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker over his compensation package.
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Berkshire's move out of several financial stocks and into Capital One in the first quarter, detailed in a regulatory filing Monday, comes after CEO Warren Buffett said publicly he was cooling on the sector.
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The New York bank is hoping for 30% to 40% productivity improvements from the use of AI in areas like software development and knowledge extraction.
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Tim Mayopoulos, the CEO the FDIC brought in to manage and sell the failed bank, discusses what happened and what bankers can learn.
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Brent Grable will take on managing IT and operations at the Massachusetts bank. He formerly worked at Santander and State Street.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended the administration's systemic risk exception and said regulators will backstop small banks that pose contagion risk.
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A better understanding of the likelihood of deposit flight would help banks avoid the kind of run that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
May 16
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More than 140 current and former lawmakers are defending the constitutionality of the agency's funding arrangements. The nation's highest court is expected to rule on the issue in its upcoming term.
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Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase are particularly active as they build educational microsites and drive digital lending with EV manufacturers.
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In its biannual supervision and regulation report, the Federal Reserve said the banking sector was strong but showing signs of shakiness after recent bank failures.
May 15 -
Comments from Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman last week show that supervisory reforms outlined by the Fed's top regulatory official could meet significant opposition, policy analysts say.
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Balances reached nearly $1 trillion at the end of the first quarter, up 17% from a year earlier. The increase reflects higher spending by well-off consumers on travel and entertainment, as well as the pressure that lower-income households are facing from inflation and higher interest rates.
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End-to-end automation remains a long-term goal as banks and insurers focus on point solutions, at least for now.
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"The messaging from the Federal Reserve was that interest rates would remain low and that the inflation that was starting to bubble up would only be 'transitory,'" Greg Becker said.
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One of the oldest U.S. banks sees innovation as part of risk management, not a discretionary cost.
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Shares in small banks have plummeted during this year's banking crisis. But deposits have largely stabilized and credit quality remains historically strong, bolstering the case for bargain buying and a sector rebound.
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Firms across every sector are struggling with higher interest costs — making it more challenging to refinance loans and bonds — while corporate executives are drawing more scrutiny from investors and creditors.
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The Chinese government has forced banks to deny Chinese emigrants access to their retirement savings. What Beijing will demand next is anybody's guess.
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