Deposits

Banks and credit unions are experimenting with ways to maximize margins in an environment where the yield curve is flat, depositors want them to pay up and they fear the Fed could actually cut rates.

Why now? Will it work? How will their rivals respond? The megadeal between the two East Coast regionals offers up plenty of grist for speculation.

Banks spend heavily on marketing to win deposits, push digital; Wells Fargo bends to critics in its latest response to scandals; FDIC review of brokered deposits has big implications for branches; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Banks that gather deposits through branches generally pay lower deposit premiums than those that solicit deposits online. So what happens if long-standing restrictions on brokered deposits are relaxed?

More than half of the new depositors the online bank added in the fourth quarter are millennials.

At banks of all sizes — from the $7.2 billion-asset WSFS Financial to the $373 billion-asset Capital One — marketing budgets ballooned in the fourth quarter.

Woodforest National Bank made so many C&I loans that it cut into capital and required more liquidity. It has shifted gears, selling two business lines as it refocuses on deposit gathering.

Earnings fell well short of analysts' estimates due in part to a 28% increase in interest expenses.

A new report from Cornerstone Advisors finds credit union executives aren't all that bullish on the year ahead, while banker optimism is back on the rise.

On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Chemical is paying roughly $3.6 billion for the $23.5 billion-asset TCF. The combined company will be based in Detroit, Chemical's hometown, and operate under the TCF brand.

Among the things we've learned this earnings season: C&I is back, fee income is flat, and leveraged lending is beginning to "rear its ugly head."

A man entered a SunTrust branch in Sebring, Fla., and shot and killed five women, four of whom were bank employees; 24 million mortgage documents exposed in data security lapse; the battle for deposits is like "a steel-cage" match; and more from this week's most-read stories.

The low-cost deposits it gained in its purchase of 52 Wells Fargo branches, combined with higher interest rates, lifted Flagstar's net interest margin.

Loan demand is finally picking up after several lackluster quarters. Banks' big challenge is finding cheap deposits to fund all those new loans.

The New York company added eight new client teams in 2018 and established a new division that caters to private equity firms on both coasts.

The nation’s fifth-largest bank now has the financial flexibility to consolidate more branches in existing markets and open new, smaller ones in cities where it has no retail presence, CEO Andy Cecere said.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and his fellow executives said they see nothing to suggest a slowdown is imminent. Their outlook was far more upbeat than that of JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon.

The San Francisco company's quarterly earnings also reflected higher wealth management revenue.

Robotic process automation is said to have a high return on investment, but adopting it on a large scale has proven challenging, especially at community banks.