Banking

Retail customers at large banks were a bit more satisfied this year than in 2022, a new J.D. Power study finds. However, more of those same customers are moving cash to — and seeking advice from — wealth management firms and online banks.

The Michigan City company, part of a growing list of banks announcing similar overhauls, aims to sell nearly $400 million of securities and reinvest the proceeds in higher-yielding loans.

The world's largest credit union reported a 5% increase in total loans in the third quarter while lending at the largest banks was almost stagnant. However, the Vienna, Virginia, institution's charge-offs also jumped significantly.

Xu Guojun, a former local branch head at Bank of China, was handed a life sentence over one of the Asian nation's biggest bank frauds.

The industry needs to get to a 4-to-1 ratio of clean energy versus fossil-fuel financing. At the end of last year, it was 0.73 to 1— little changed from 2021.

As innovation in other domains accelerates, the inertia plaguing our international payment systems is a critical bottleneck, stifling U.S. businesses that choose to engage in global commerce.

The five banks that went under in 2023 had nearly $550 billion of assets, the largest total in a single year. Here's a look back at how they unraveled.

Banks in Poland will be the first to start receiving and using the scores, which will allow Ukrainians fleeing their country to obtain credit in their new Polish homes.

The acquisition would deepen Orrstown's presence in its home state and Maryland. In recent years, Codorus Valley Bancorp had faced pressure from an activist investor to consider selling.

If banks reached the same market penetration among U.S. customers of Latin American descent that they have among white Americans, they could tap an additional $155 billion in annual revenue, according to new research from the consulting giant McKinsey.

LendingClub, SoFi and Upstart were among those that wielded the ax.

Analysts agree that the Long Island-based bank will probably absorb some losses due to its exposure to struggling segments of the commercial real estate market. But they differ on the extent of the likely damage.

Carter Bankshares in Martinsville, Virginia, is attempting to exit a longstanding relationship with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice through a seldom-used collections tool that was at the center of a court hearing this week.

The top five community banks averaged a return on average equity of 75.37% as of June 30, 2023.

In this year's roundup of top banking news for 2023: Navy Federal Credit Union joins the RTP network amid ongoing military contract woes, major banks across the U.S. announce staff cuts, regulators shutter Signature Bank and more.

The combination of OnPath Federal Credit Union and Louisiana Federal Credit Union is the biggest credit union merger in the state's history.

Integrating artificial intelligence into the world of banking and finance must be a cooperative effort between the industry and regulators. It's important that the discussions start now.

Mobile banking features that encourage customers to set savings goals can supercharge customer loyalty and attract new primary banking customers. A renewed focus on consumer savings may also help banks offset the decline in deposits reported at many banks in 2023.

Bank CEOs are eyeing a near-term peak in deposit costs as the Fed perhaps moves closer to cutting interest rates. But the pressures they've faced this year as depositors ask for more compensation may not die down right away.

Leaders at the helms of organizations like Georgia United Credit Union, BayPort Credit Union, Blend Labs and more are adapting products such as "soft check" credit scoring, artificial intelligence-powered bots to streamline application reviewal and more.