Corporate finance

The Minneapolis company says the majority of branches earmarked for closing have already been shuttered for months due to the pandemic. Some of the savings will be plowed back into digital expansion.

The Pittsburgh company has reservations about the business model and staying power of online-only banks.

Revenue at each of Goldman Sachs’s four divisions rose from a year earlier, pushing earnings per share to a record that was almost twice as high as analysts predicted.

The company posted a surprise increase in third-quarter expenses as it set aside almost $1 billion for customer remediation and $718 million in restructuring charges.

Third-quarter net income dropped nearly 16% from a year earlier as revenues at the company's consumer unit declined at about the same pace and trading revenue gains were below estimates.

CEO Michael Corbat and CFO Mark Mason dodged questions from analysts about how much time and money Citigroup expects to spend to address recent enforcement actions.

The San Francisco bank reported record loan originations thanks to explosive growth in single-family home loans, and profits beat analysts' expectations.

The banking giant may be sitting pretty with plenty of money reserved for bad loans — or it could have to set aside billions more in coming quarters. It hinges on an ongoing U.S. recovery and the passage of a new stimulus package.

The California-based institution joins a small group of CUs that represent only about 7% of institutions but hold about 70% of industry assets.

Citigroup posted its biggest quarterly profit of the pandemic after reaping another windfall from trading bonds and expressing newfound confidence in the resilience of its loan book.

The company defied expectations by cutting its reserve for loan losses by $569 million, after adding $20 billion to the allowance in the first half.

Many consumers around the world rely on cash-based payments, even when shopping online, says PPRO's Steve Villegas.

SaveBetter.com from Deposit Solutions lets consumers shop for different savings products through one portal and provides national exposure for participating banks, which include Ponce Bank in New York and Central Bank of Kansas City.

The company, which recently completed an audit, set aside funds to cover issues tied with a lending program it discontinued last year. The move cleared the way for Sterling to file an overdue annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Many community banks need brokered deposits to help fund loans, so policymakers must strike the right balance between promoting liquidity and guarding against reckless lending.

The industry is warning regulators putting the finishing touches on the Net Stable Funding Ratio that the measure could exacerbate volatile market events like the spring selloff of Treasury securities.

The flood of liquidity that accompanied the pandemic recession isn’t likely to subside anytime soon. Banks will have to employ a mix of securities buying, hedging and other balance-sheet-management tricks to prop up margins longer than initially imagined.

Low rates and intense competition might lead some banks to ease underwriting standards in 2021, when the economy may not yet have recovered.

Many sectors are concerned about making money in an economic downturn, but those fears are higher in the financial sector, according to a study from Arizent.

The proposed best practices would be modeled after federal servicing standards and be used to supervise nonbanks firms subject to state regimes.