Banking

Wally Murray, who has spent 35 years at the $1.8 billion asset credit union and the last 22 as its president and CEO, retired March 14.

Silicon Valley Bank's former parent company filed for bankruptcy a week after a run on deposits prompted regulators to seize its banking unit.

Shadows loomed over Credit Suisse and First Republic early Thursday, but the sector outlook brightened after billions of deposits were pledged to the U.S. bank.

The National Credit Union Administration unanimously approved modifications to its 2020 rule that raise maturity ceilings on offerings and simplifies redundant language.

The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.

The company agreed to pay $27.2 million in restitution to shareholders and revised its 2022 earnings to show a steep loss. The plea agreement with the Department of Justice was tied to Sterling's now defunct low-documentation mortgage program.

Advocacy groups want the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to downgrade the Community Reinvestment Act rating of FinWise Bank, which partners with nonbanks to offer high-cost consumer loans. The FDIC downgraded the rating of a second Utah-based bank following a similar campaign by consumer organizations.

Tolstedt, a key figure in the bank's fake-accounts scandal, could face prison time after pleading guilty to a criminal charge of obstructing a bank examination. She also agreed to pay a $17 million fine to bank regulators to resolve certain civil charges.

Banks that trade with Credit Suisse Group moved to safeguard their finances, snapping up contracts that will compensate them if the crisis rocking the Swiss lender deepens.

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Crossing the $500 million-asset mark helps credit unions improve membership numbers and loans, but regulatory data shows that many are choosing to stay small. The reason may be more emotional than practical.

Startups from Silicon Valley to London, Tel Aviv and tech hubs across Africa depended on Silicon Valley Bank as a one-stop shop for everything, from holding their fortunes to personal mortgages. Now, the bank's failure has forced them to navigate a new world of banking just as the financial markets tip into chaos.

1831 Bancorp and South Shore Bancorp plan to join forces to bolster their collective resources and competitive standing in New England's largest market.

After two high-profile failures and a liquidity scare, money is on the move from collapsed and suspect banks to destinations viewed as safer havens. Some banks say they're in position to score fresh funds, new customers and talented workers.

Buoyed by higher profits and an influx of deposits from prepaid corporate debit cards, Patriot National Bancorp appears to be nearing a deal that would boost its size and expand its digital-banking capacities, Chairman Michael Carrazza says.

Depositors' trust in their banks — and banks' trust in their customers — is the cornerstone of finance. The demise of Silvergate, Silicon Valley and Signature has demonstrated how fragile that trust can be, and how difficult it will be for regulators and bankers to win it back.

Analysts are increasingly focused on rising office property vacancy rates, driven by remote-work trends and higher costs of living. They are worried that cash-strapped landlords could default on loans and cause losses in banks' CRE portfolios.

Mercury, NorthOne and other challenger banks that serve small business owners are seeing a boost from SVB's collapse. But the effects may be short-lived.

Many banks whose shares got hammered a day earlier rebounded strongly, with double-digit gains at Western Alliance Bancorp, First Republic Bank and PacWest Bancorp in midafternoon trading.