Banking

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

The megabank set aside a larger provision for credit losses during the third quarter as delinquency rates in its credit-card business ticked higher. Still, executives argued that the U.S. consumer outlook remains strong.

The custody bank recorded a 59% drop in net income as a result of the goodwill impairment charge. New CEO Robin Vince sought to assure analysts that the one-time item does not reflect either a change in strategy or the well-being of the company's investment management business, which took the hit.

The prepaid card and digital banking company promoted its chief financial and operating officer, George Gresham, to chief executive.

Local Government Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina, has relied on State Employees' Credit Union's guidance — and branch network — since the smaller institution's inception in 1983. But that relationship was never supposed to be permanent.

Goldman Sachs Group's David Solomon is embarking on his third major reorganization in just four years as chief executive, undoing some of the signature moves he made as recently as 2020.

Bank of America reported its highest quarterly net interest income in at least a decade thanks largely to the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes. Meanwhile, debt traders beat analysts' estimates.

Its investment banking and corporate lending revenues dipped during the third quarter, while treasury services and branded cards were bright spots. That formula will be tested by "rolling, country-level recessions" across the globe, CEO Jane Fraser predicts.

The San Francisco bank reported a near-record volume of loan originations, as well as stellar credit quality, in the third quarter. But investors sold off shares after the company's net interest margin fell.

Third-quarter results at the Minneapolis bank were powered by loan growth and rising interest rates, partially offset by lower noninterest income. Shortly after the company released its earnings report, it received regulatory approval for its acquisition of MUFG Union Bank.