Banking

The Rhode Island bank continues to build out a national consumer banking platform, while also reducing its exposure to higher-risk asset classes as the economic outlook darkens.

The National Credit Union Administration's proposal increases spending by 8.1% from 2022, which agency officials say is still an improvement from the previously approved 12.3% hike.

Executives at the Dallas company said they feel positive about the remainder of the year, though declining deposits could create issues going forward.

Yet the Detroit company's stock fell more than 8% after its earnings report, indicating the market "seems more tentative" than Ally about the credit outlook, one analyst said.

Profits, revenue and net interest income fell short of expectations for the Buffalo, New York, company. It stashed away $50 million of reserves, pointing to worsening forecasts for the global economy and growth in its consumer portfolio.

A Wisconsin taxpayers group asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden's student-loan relief plan from taking effect, accusing him of usurping the power of Congress and costing taxpayers potentially more than $1 trillion.

Sixteen bank members of the Alloy Labs Alliance have come up with a set of rules for banking as a service, and who is responsible for what.

David Deborde has been named president and chief executive, taking over for his mother, Cheryl, who is retiring.

Citizens Financial said it would pay $67.4 million to buy HV Bancorp, the holding company for Huntingdon Valley Bank, in a bid to expand in Greater Philadelphia.

War and the increase in anti-ESG sentiment in the U.S. are part of a new and "complex" set of hurdles making it much harder for Wall Street to meet the climate promises it's made, according to the chair of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.

The parent of City National Bank of West Virginia said it would pay $61 million in stock to acquire Citizens Commerce Bancshares.

A board member of the National Credit Union Administration urges vigilance against threats that many institutions ignore at their peril.

An uptick in so-called operating losses helped drive up noninterest expenses excluding M&A costs at Truist Financial by 2% year over year, complicating its efforts to achieve positive operating leverage. The cost of reimbursing customers hurt by fraud seems to have been a contributing factor.

Since 1982, the Small Business Administration's 7(a) program has been restricted almost entirely to banks and credit unions. A proposed rule would open it to fintech lenders.

Neil Ray Sommers, who was 74, was succeeded by Bret Fisher, Achieve's director of operations the past three years.

The Boston company said Tuesday that its $3.5 billion acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman's investor service business is facing pushback from regulators. The deal's completion is now in doubt even though State Street has come up with a number of modifications, including lowering the purchase price.

Rather than trying to reach the masses, which proved to be expensive, Goldman is focusing on marketing its online banking platform to its existing pool of wealth management clients. The investment bank has learned that it's "better to play to our strengths," CEO David Solomon said Tuesday.

The world's biggest climate coalition for bankers says it has the right to ignore a proposal that would require members to phase out the financing of fossil fuels.

German authorities raided Deutsche Bank's headquarters as well as the home of former co-CEO, Juergen Fitschen, as part of a vast investigation of the controversial Cum-Ex transactions that's embroiled some of the world's most powerful financial firms.

Goldman Sachs Group's traders once again helped rescue results from a sharp slowdown in investment banking just as the firm prepares for a reorganization that will combine the two business units