Revenue increased 2.8% to $18.9 billion thanks to gains in equities trading and other factors, but the bank still wants to improve its efficiency ratio, which could get harder as the year goes on.

Revenue and profit for the first three months of 2018 rose to all-time highs, the bank said Friday, spurred by record results from stock trading.

The Chicago company said its decision was largely based on intense competition, very low margins and economic changes.

Investors are growing worried about lackluster loan growth this year at community banks.

Loan growth and higher yields helped offset a 20% increase in expenses at the Arkansas bank in the first quarter. Meanwhile, it warned of one-time rebranding costs to come in the third quarter.

The Kansas City, Mo., company also benefited from higher yields on its loans and flat funding costs.

The Seattle bank's improved loan yields offset higher expenses tied to Bank Secrecy Act remediation. Washington Federal had to delay a pending acquisition after issues emerged with its anti-money-laundering compliance.

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The San Francisco-based online lender reported a net loss of $115 million for 2017, more than half of which was connected to warrants issued in a deal that stabilized the struggling firm.

The Indiana-based credit union made significant gains in membership, lending, assets and more.

The company will take a nearly $10 million hit after setting aside funds to cover a case of potential borrower fraud.

Deposit prices are starting to rise, deposit growth is slowing, commercial loan growth remains tepid (with some exceptions) and concerns are mounting about the economic toll of U.S. trade policy, bank executives said just a few weeks ahead of the end of the quarter.

The company received bad news about the commercial loan after it reported a narrow profit in mid-February.

The booming U.S. economy continues to fuel earnings at Toronto-Dominion Bank — and President Trump's tax cuts will only make things better.

Ocwen Financial Corp.'s acquisition of PHH Corp. will help the nonbank servicer rebuild scale that's been diminished by years of regulatory restrictions and the decline in distressed mortgage volume brought about by improvements in the overall housing market.

Square burst on the payments scene nine years ago with a card reader that allowed small merchants to accept plastic card payments through their mobile devices. Its Square Cash app received considerably less fanfare — until now.

The tax reform law passed late last year, which significantly cut the corporate tax rate, has been widely popular among banks, but a one-time hit to the value of their deferred tax assets was felt far and wide.

The quarterly earnings decline from a year earlier was largely due to a one-time hit to the value of banks’ deferred tax assets, according to the agency’s Quarterly Banking Profile.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s push to be less domestically focused is showing signs of success, thanks to its June takeover of Chicago-based PrivateBank.

Process would protect taxpayers from bailing out failed banks; bank plans to raze its midtown Manhattan headquarters and build a 2.5 million sq. ft. edifice on the site.