Banking

The collapse of the Sam Bankman-Fried's controversial crypto exchange changed consumers' view of digital assets. Credit unions, in turn, pivoted to focus on lower-risk services.

A group including Dr. Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, and former SBA Regional Administrator Ashley Bell says the deal struck Tuesday to acquire Holladay Bank & Trust in Utah marks the first time Black investors have acquired a non-Black bank.

While Goldman Sachs is still pushing to make its expansion into consumer lending profitable, the bank is also weighing strategic alternatives, CEO David Solomon says. The dueling options reflect the problems that Wall Street giant faces in Main Street banking.

The company has agreed to acquire the parent of Peoples Bank in a deal expected to close in the third quarter.

Like banks, credit unions seek growth in deposits, loans and other products. The starting point for many is to get more members in the door, executives say.

The Minneapolis company previously disclosed an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in connection with its management of prepaid cards for unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Now the bank says the agency is considering a potential enforcement action.

A Piper Sandler survey of CEOs found a majority expect to expand their balance sheets this year. They also foresee increases in nonperforming credits, with office loans a key area of weakness, as well as heightened pressure on net interest margins.

Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the hook for $1.2 after settling litigation over its connection to a massive Ponzi scheme, and Independent Bank Group in Texas agreed to pay $100 million. A third bank, HSBC, settled for a smaller amount.

AlumniFi, built by Michigan State University Federal Credit Union and Nymbus, has partnered with fintechs to help its college-grad users improve their finances and pay down debt.

Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.

It's long been understood that there's a digital divide between Black banks and credit unions and other depositories. A new Urban Institute analysis looks at the prevalence of online banking services and mobile apps — and finds a chasm between the haves and have-nots.

A decline in deposits at many banks is putting upward pressure on loan-to-deposit ratios, a key metric of liquidity. The sharpest increases have come at banks with between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.

Jodie Harris is leaving the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund this spring to be president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.

TD Bank gets approval to buy a U.S. brokerage, Western Union adds installment payments, and American Express is awarding $1 million in grants to restaurant operators. These stories and more in banking news this week.

Employees at LMCU's Bonita Beach Road location in Florida announced their intent to organize to address claims of being overworked.

Reducing access to funding would harm both homebuyers and communities across the country.