Banking

American Banker's editorial staff chose 20 leaders who have done groundbreaking work during the past year.

The top five banks and thrifts have combined total deposits of more than $7 trillion as of December 31, 2022.

In the wake of spiking interest rates and surging deposit costs, bankers are looking for ways to scale back their overall expense bases to protect their bottom lines.

The Federal Reserve claims to want to encourage the formation of de novo banks, but its treatment of Custodia Bank calls that commitment into question.

Rock-bottom stock prices at midsize banks are fueling concerns that depositors could get spooked, and short sellers are drawing much of the blame. But their persistence may be exposing a broader lack of confidence in the industry.

CEO of Global Payments to step down, Raisin names a new U.S. CEO, TopLine Financial Credit Union in Minnesota names new CEO and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The Federal Reserve took action against a small bank in southern Illinois whose exposures to interest rate changes left it with negative equity last year. The enforcement action comes as regulators review their oversight practices following Silicon Valley Bank's failure.

The Philadelphia-based company will eliminate an undisclosed number of jobs as part of a plan to refocus on core business lines and markets, CEO Thomas Geisel said.

An academic paper establishes a link between tweets about withdrawing money and the bank's collapse.

The fund, which aims to create a self-sustaining, nationwide secondary market for CDFI microloans, has made progress, but it remains far short of its goal, its managing director said.

It's clear that credit unions buying community banks is bad for businesses, bad for communities and bad for government tax revenue.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is poised to exempt smaller lenders from kicking in extra money to replenish the government's bedrock Deposit Insurance Fund, and instead saddle the biggest banks with much of the bill.

The FDIC's recent proposal to provide business accounts targeted deposit insurance coverage up to ten times the current rate is gaining traction among industry experts. But a great deal rests on the details, and any reform will probably have to wait until after 2024.

The Cleveland-based bank says it will submit to a racial equity audit conducted by an outside law firm, as Citigroup and Wells Fargo have previously done. The bank's decision follows a request that regulators investigate Key's mortgage lending practices for alleged redlining.

Industry leaders had predicted that JPMorgan Chase's regulator-assisted purchase of First Republic would bolster investors' faith in the sector. But the stock prices of certain regional banks have continued to fall, prompting concerns that selloffs could lead to deposit outflows.

The Federal Reserve flagged multiple "deficiencies" at Du Quoin State Bank in an order that bars the Illinois depository from paying dividends without its regulators' approval. The central bank has identified interest rate risk as a key issue at a time when rising rates have contributed to three bank failures.

Liberty Bank, an $11.6 million-asset lender in Salt Lake City, is the first FDIC-supervised bank in six years to be hit with the lowest Community Reinvestment Act rating possible twice in a row. Regulators identified an unspecified "illegal credit practice" during their review of the bank's performance.