Commercial banking

The software company's latest product, a private debt marketplace, is designed to connect startups with trusted, pre-vetted lenders.

Royal Bank of Canada hopes to save money by moving positions from high-cost California to Vancouver. The Toronto-based company is looking to cut costs as it seeks to bolster the earnings of its Los Angeles-based City National Bank subsidiary.

The top five banks and thrifts have nearly $96 billion in combined home equity loan portfolios as of September 30, 2023.

The megabank will report a hit to its earnings this Friday from what one analyst called an "accounting nuisance." The charge, which BofA will make up over time, is due to the bank's use of a Bloomberg-developed interest rate index that gained little traction.

The company is poised to report quarterly earnings this week that are expected to reveal revenue growth at seven times the average pace of its peers.  

As the CEO of First Union Bank, Crutchfield struck more than 80 deals, riding the consolidation wave of the 1980s and 1990s. When he retired, First Union was the sixth largest bank in the country.

The appointment of Lynne Biggio Herndon as chief credit officer marks the final step in the Phoenix-based bank's leadership reorganization.

In the wake of the disgraced financier's downfall, executives at JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Deutsche Bank have continued to draw the ire of federal regulators and weather millions of dollars in fines and settlement costs.

Since first partnering with the digital banking software firm Q2 in 2019, Hoosier Hills Credit Union in Bedford has seen significant growth in new account openings and deposit balances due to stronger payroll processing capabilities.

The North Carolina-based company said it expects to close about 4% of its branch network, or roughly 80 offices, by the end of the first quarter. The closures come amid Truist's $750 million cost-cutting initiative.