Accounting standards

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Bank will have more business lines, all reporting to the CEO; a research paper says the accounting rule could result in eased capital rules.

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The new accounting standard meant to prevent another financial crisis could actually trigger one.

The company, which just hired CEO Jay Sidhu's son to groom as its next chief, had been holding itself back to avoid caps on interchange fees.

An early warning system for bad bank loans is taking effect this year. Beware false alarms.

While the New York bank has a handle on deposit pricing, Joseph DePaolo said a new accounting standard will play tricks with how it addresses credit quality.

Lenders grew more optimistic that Congress will undo or narrow the loan-loss accounting standard after members of a House subcommittee assailed Russell Golden for approving the rule without studying its impact on credit availability.

Community bank leaders at an ABA-hosted meeting questioned the timing for a new accounting standard for loan losses and discussed their struggles to keep pace with new technology.