Deposits

Following the end of a long moratorium for federal student loan borrowers, monthly payments are expected to total $18 billion. Much of that money will come from checking and savings accounts, which will put more pressure on banks' deposit bases.

An increase in U.S. commercial banks' borrowings suggests they're uncomfortable losing any more reserves as depositors seek better returns elsewhere, according to Citigroup analysts.

Greg Carmichael, the former CEO of Fifth Third, will join the Los Angeles bank as its executive chair. The move comes a few weeks after City National, which is a unit of Royal Bank of Canada, reported a quarterly loss.

Brokered deposits had nothing to do with this year's bank failures, and regulators shouldn't pretend otherwise.

The private equity firm GTCR's large investment in R&T Deposit Solutions is a sign of the windfall reciprocal deposit networks are reaping after the bank runs this spring that was driven by customers with large, mostly uninsured deposits.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s second-quarter report on the state of banking noted that while banks are enjoying strong profits, they face declining deposits, rising unrealized losses and shrinking net interest margins.

When the prices of U.S. goods and services soar, the Federal Reserve tends to raise its benchmark interest rate, and commercial banks are pinched in several fundamental parts of their business.

The regional bank's stock price is down 38% this year, and it recently got downgraded by S&P Global. While there's light at the end of the tunnel — as Key looks to rebound from the negative impact of soaring interest rates — analysts question whether the improvement will take too long to materialize.

New Peoples Bank announced J.W. Kiser will be its next president and CEO; D.A. Davidson hired Dan Fiandaca to lead its brokered CD underwriting group; Citizens Bank launches Roger, a digital bank for military members; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

The company's U.S. banking unit, which focuses on wealth management, reported a $38 million quarterly loss. Executives said they're cutting staff in an effort to right the ship, but analysts questioned whether the expense cuts are aggressive enough.