Deposits

Banks are looking for ways to capture and retain deposits as interest rates rise, including promotional offers and focusing on relationship banking.

For the first time in nearly nine years, an acquirer of a failed bank agreed to purchase only the institution’s insured deposits, making it likely that some customers will not recoup all of their uninsured funds.

Executives at small banks are wary about 2018 as concerns about lackluster loan demand, low yields and rising deposit prices abound.

It’s only early December, but bank CEOs’ comments this week about tax reform, their thirst for deposits, consumer lending initiatives, and challenges in commercial lending offer a sneak peek at what’s coming when earnings season begins next month.

Online banks have been aggressively raising the rates they pay on consumer deposits, and that is forcing mainstream banks to consider following suit or risk losing valuable deposits to their more nimble competitors.

The Michigan company, which lost more than $1.4 billion in the aftermath of the financial crisis, is trying to become more of a commercial lender. Its recent agreement to buy a deposit-rich franchise in California could help it get there.

It was mostly good news for banks in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile, with higher earnings and net interest margins. But there were concerns as well, including slower loan and deposit growth.

As the banking industry moves closer to adopting a faster payments system, bank executives have begun to think through the impact it will have on clients and banks themselves.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

As the banking industry moves closer to adopting a faster payments system, bank executives have begun to think through the impact it will have on clients and banks themselves.

Add MUFG Union to the roster of traditional banks launching a digital division that aims to grab deposits. PurePoint is going up against some more established competitors who are evolving their strategies.

GS Bank will take the name of Goldman's nascent consumer-lending business, Marcus.

Over the past year competition for commercial deposits has intensified, but pressure on consumer deposit prices is starting to edge up, too, says Mark Schroeder, CEO of German American Bancorp.

Rising short-term rates have so far been a boon for bank profitability. But technology has made it is easier than ever for customers to migrate their funds, which means the battle for highly-valued core deposits is likely to heat up. Here's a look at how bank executives plan to contend for their share of the market.

Investors Bancorp in Short Hills, N.J., chased deposits in the third quarter in a move that drove up interest expenses and lowered profits.

That loan growth helped boost the San Antonio bank's profit by 16.5% year over year.

Pence breaks tie to overturn rule prohibiting mandatory arbitration; depositors receiving higher rates in effort to retain them.

Banks are swapping out long-term holdings for short-term securities to manage interest rate risk. But in the process, they are sacrificing yield — and ammo they might need to pay more for deposits to retain customers.

Growth in net interest income was offset by a decrease in revenue from mortgage banking and capital markets, the Birmingham, Ala., company said Tuesday.

The Green Bay, Wis., company's CEO predicted “mid-single-digit” annual loan growth after a third quarter that included a 10% increase in deposits and 4% rise in average loans.