Deposits

The San Antonio company also kept a lid on expenses in the second quarter, further boosting its bottom line.

The bank, which would be only the second to call the Motor City home, would hire 500 people there while maintaining most of its workforce in Midland.

The company is once again positioning itself for growth now that it is no longer considered a systemically important financial institution.

Despite some green shoots in key credit segments, total loan growth was light at many banks last quarter. Rate hikes are threatened, and deposits will get pricier — where will the earnings come from?

The Minneapolis company plans to expand to new retail markets through a digital platform, but it’s facing questions about how it will distinguish itself from peers.

Credit unions in the Silver and Golden states saw strong increases in growth and deposits during the first quarter of 2018.

Price competition on deposits may finally force the largest banks to pay up, and consumers’ aggressive use of rewards and promotional rates is weighing on card income. And then there are those tariff fights that could hurt global clients.

The sale includes 160,000 accounts and more than $400 million in deposits.

There are signs that commercial loan demand finally picked up in the second quarter, but banks still face some obstacles.

The recent string of positive news for the banking industry, from lower corporate taxes to less regulation, is starting to feel like a distant memory.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Competition for deposits is heating up as summer approaches, and banks are responding in all sorts of ways — from launching digital-only platforms to raising CD rates to reviving debit rewards. But rising interest rates could weaken demand for loans, especially mortgages.

USAA's lawsuit accusing Wells of infringing on its remote-deposit patents is new territory: bank-on-bank fights over intellectual property.

When asked if other banks were being sued, USAA said the lawsuit names only Wells Fargo because the bank is one of the biggest adopters of remote mobile deposit capture and has failed to license the technology.

Closing branches might be good for cost control, but it can also diminish the ability to gather core deposits. Banks with $2 billion to $10 billion of assets — which are ranked here by three-year average returns on equity — are learning this the hard way.

The city wanted to sever its relationship with the bank, but it ran into a big obstacle.

A lack of talent, capital and good business planning proved fatal for bank organizers in California and Georgia.

At the CUNA CFO Council conference, credit union professionals shared their strategies for competitive deposit pricing.

The company has also hit its goal of having half of total loans tied to customers around Atlanta.

Regulatory burden was the dominant theme of a roundtable discussion, but executives are also concerned about their ability to attract skilled workers and they have mixed feelings on how corporate tax cuts are affecting customers' decisions.