Earnings
Earnings
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Stuart Gulliver’s final set of results at HSBC Holdings Plc weren’t quite the swansong he’d hoped for as he hands the reins over to his long-term lieutenant, John Flint.
February 20 -
Average pay among big bank chiefs last year rose 17% to $25.3 million; bank may let go up to 500 bankers and traders in latest restructuring.
February 20 -
The House Financial Services Committee chairman is calling out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator for authorizing payments to two housing trust funds while the mortgage giants have their own financial struggles.
February 16 -
Freddie Mac posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $3.3 billion and will request $312 million from the Treasury after recent tax reform legislation forced it to write down the value of deferred tax assets.
February 15 -
Tax reform caused Fannie Mae to burn through retained earnings that had been approved just two months ago and to post a fourth-quarter loss. CEO Timothy Mayopoulos argued it was a one-time event that overshadowed strong fundamentals.
February 14 -
Fannie Mae will request an infusion of taxpayer money for the first time since 2012 because of an unintended but anticipated side effect of the corporate tax cut signed into law in December.
February 14 -
Analysts are wondering what the big Japanese technology fund plans to do with its proposed stake in Swiss Re; the insurer takes a onetime $6.7 billion loss due to tax reform.
February 9 -
Banks will have to show they can withstand “severely adverse” conditions; the office will be under the direct control of acting director Mick Mulvaney.
February 2 -
Strong holiday spending was marked by active e-commerce spending, providing an impetus to invest in more digital payment technology.
February 2 -
The companies posted profit and revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31 that beat analysts’ estimates and boosted their 2018 earnings forecasts.
February 1 -
Profits fell 42% at the Birmingham, Ala., bank because of a $121 million tax charge in the fourth quarter, but net interest income and noninterest income each rose 14%, softening the blow of the one-time tax hit.
February 1 -
PayPal's brand is so ingrained with eBay sellers that its success forced the online marketplace to buy it in 2002. Even after the companies separated, their businesses remained intertwined. So it is no small decision for eBay to instead select Adyen as its primary payment processor.
February 1 -
Mastercard Inc. doesn’t traffic in cryptocurrencies, but it’s benefiting from them just the same.
February 1 -
PayPal Holdings Inc. issued a forecast that didn’t meet Wall Street’s expectations, signaling struggles ahead as it looks to compete with banks and startups in the online payments market.
January 31 -
After reporting its fourth-quarter earnings, the subprime auto lender said it expects the new tax law to enable more car owners to stay current on their loans.
January 31 -
The company, which has been actively curbing growth to avoid becoming a systemically important financial institution, reported lower loan balances and reduced fee income after exiting the residential wholesale mortgage business.
January 31 -
Commercial lending and mortgage income surged in the fourth quarter at the West Virginia bank thanks to two acquisitions, but a tax charge cut into profits.
January 30 -
The Minnesota bank was able to realize a large net tax benefit in the same quarter it took a big charge to exit auto lending, so in the end its profits doubled.
January 30 -
The Detroit company recorded an 11% increase in car loans and leases originated during the fourth quarter, as well as a jump in yields. Ally appears to be benefiting from Wells Fargo's substantial retrenchment in auto lending.
January 30 -
The results included a $222 million goodwill impairment charge and other one-time items.
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