Banking

At a New York event, industry practitioners shared how they are addressing cultural, compliance and logistical objections to making loans based on bank account data.

Anticipated interest rate cuts could help stressed borrowers, but such a shift in monetary policy may curb lending income.

Banks should embrace Kamala Harris' effort to drive sustainable, equitable economic growth. Doing so will open them up to underserved communities where they can build customer loyalty among a population primed for rapid development.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said the action would "close the book" on the agency's investigation into the Sallie Mae spinout.

Executives from JPMorgan Chase, TD, U.S. Bank, M&T and other banks will gather to discuss how they serve small-business clients, what those customers want now and what they expect in 2025 and beyond.

A coalition of 105 organizations has analyzed the flow of financing to large, greenhouse-gas-emitting livestock operations and found these three banks do the bulk of loans. 

The latest violations come as the bank expects to face more than $3 billion in regulatory fines for anti-money-laundering failures.

The regional bank has already seen a large reduction in "criticized" loans, and it expects that trend to pick up as lower borrowing costs alleviate the pain in the commercial real estate sector.

Advocates for depositor-owned banks hope Warsaw Federal's $5 million capital raise will serve as a template for institutions in need of more capital than retained earnings can provide.

When it comes to delivering superior return on average equity, smaller banks frequently punch above their weight, according to a recent study by Capital Performance Group and American Banker.

The Maine-based bank's bid for Northway Financial was valued at $86.6 million. It is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2025.

The all-stock transaction is slated to close in the second quarter of 2025. It would create a bank with more than $15 billion of assets.

A top executive at the auto lender said that more borrowers struggled to repay their loans over the summer amid inflation and a tougher job market. Late payments on auto loans rose by more than Ally expected in July and August.

The agency's recent proposal to redefine "brokered deposits" requires a debate over the performance of different kinds of bank deposits. The problem is that the necessary data isn't available yet.

BofA is taking the next step toward a 7-year-old goal of paying $25 an hour by 2025.

Banks are finding that they rarely save money off the top when they migrate applications to the cloud. The more substantial benefits are about productivity and speedier development.

The Ohio-based bank said it would hire 350 people to operate retail banking and wealth management businesses in a region where it recently launched commercial banking.

The bank faced credit setbacks in the nation's capital and margin pressure this year. But it made a series of hires to reduce risk and diversify its loan portfolio, preparing for a new era of demand as the industry awaits interest rate cuts.

Branches are being closed at a record pace because of mergers and financial reasons. If a closed branch is in a good location and meets certain other conditions, it can represent a low-cost way for a community bank to expand.

The Dallas company, which has been in transformation mode for three years, recently took a series of actions to try to meet the profitability targets it set for itself.