Bonds

Deals from Amex in the ride-delivery space and AI developments at Mastercard are just some of the latest fintech moves that have the industry on notice.

Naveed Anwar, global head of digital for Treasury & Trade Solutions, is upgrading the bank’s self-service portal and expanding its embedded banking offerings for large tech and fintech clients.

The fintech will work with the bank’s largest clients to spread their cash among U.S. branches of non-U.S. institutions, helping them obtain higher yields while diversifying counterparty risk.

Hope Dmuchowski will join the Memphis, Tennessee, bank as it contends with higher-than-expected costs in connection with its acquisition of Iberiabank. She has previous experience with integrations, having participated in the combination of BB&T and SunTrust Banks.

The measure bans banks that discriminate against gunmakers from entering into government contracts. Citigroup, which supporters of the law were targeting, has lost market share while Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have gained ground.

Big banks led the push to offer multibillion-dollar bonds that fund affordable housing, education and nonprofits that serve needy communities. But Truist's recent $1.25 billion bond is a sign that regionals want to attract progressive institutional investors — and burnish their images.

Investors in two subordinated bonds from Lehman Brothers received word that a payment is coming, just two weeks after the 12th anniversary of one of the world’s most spectacular banking collapses.

To shore up the share insurance fund, the National Credit Union Administration would be wise to give the industry additional temporary investment options.

Visa Inc., the world’s largest payments network, is breaking ground by tapping the bond market to fund environmentally friendly projects.

The Federal Reserve's extraordinary effort to keep credit flowing to companies during the COVID-19 pandemic is also shunting money to banks' bottom lines.

Consumers are parking their funds at financial institutions as lending slows and interest rates remain near zero, making it difficult for credit unions to deploy these deposits.

Bank of America is set to price today a $1 billion bond issue to fund COVID-19 relief efforts. It's the first sale from a U.S. financial institution that explicitly links all proceeds to tackling the virus, Bloomberg data show.

The central bank’s programs announced since mid-April in response to the coronavirus outbreak match if not exceed the actions it took during the 2007-9 financial crisis.

Some say the agencies are exacting too high a price to buy loans from the cash-strapped lenders; some small banks hustled in dealing with the Paycheck Protection Program, others are accused of a hustle.

The Federal Reserve committed Monday to conducting more asset purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities and announced $300 billion in new financing for credit facilities.

The Federal Reserve committed Monday to conducting more asset purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities and announced $300 billion in new financing for credit facilities.

Under the leadership of Barbara Mariniello, Barclays now ranks among the largest underwriters for corporate bonds in the Americas.

The senior central bank official signaled interest in deploying the countercyclical capital tool for the first time as corporate bond risks build.

The agency's semiannual report on risks in the industry focused heavily on the high volume of commercial loans as well as banks' exposure to nonfinancial corporate debt, which is near a record share of GDP.

CUNA economist Mike Schenk is shooting down a recent gloom-and-doom theory from former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan that a U.S. bond market bubble could burst as inflation rises and the nation nears full employment.