Outstandings top 2008 high mark, prompting some concerns; big banks are expected to take $31 billion in writeoffs from fourth quarter earnings due to tax reform.

Lower taxes mean more earnings, higher capital levels and perhaps a psychological boost for buyers.

Banks have been in full cost-cutting mode in recent years, but with profits expected to increase substantially as a result of tax reform, all analysts and investors want to know is how they plan to spend their tax savings.

Billionaire’s bid to buy MoneyGram is his latest setback trying to crack the U.S. market; banks want to stick with FICO while nonbanks want to use VantageScore.

The energy crisis, hurricane damage and merger costs have hampered earnings per share at the Louisiana bank. Its CEO has to clear those hurdles and convince investors steady growth is ahead.

The McLean, Va., company and several other banks have disclosed the charges they expect to record in the fourth quarter due to lower values on their deferred tax assets.

The reduction is “primarily” from a lower value of net deferred tax assets, the bank said in a securities filing Friday, the same day President Trump signed the legislation.

The Wisconsin-based corporate credit union will pay out a 7 percent return to members, a new record for the CU.

The company will set aside more than $10 million, with most of the provision addressing an issue with a commercial loan.

The company said it will lay off more than a dozen employees in a move that reflects the current volume of mortgage loan originations.

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The company also said it is likely that tax reform legislation being considered by Congress would substantially reduce the valuation of its deferred-tax asset.

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

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said it expects earnings contributions from its U.S. businesses to almost double to 17 percent in the next three years as the lender integrates its acquisition of Chicago-based PrivateBancorp.

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.

The business faces a difficult comparison to last year, when activity spiked after Donald Trump’s surprising presidential election win, executives at the companies said.

Recent growth has come through acquisitions, including the 2015 purchase of a transportation finance business from General Electric and the 2011 takeover of Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley.

The expected refund is tied to loans that investors bought when they acquired the failed BankUnited in 2009.

Malvern Bancorp’s restatement of nearly four years of results worked out in its favor, but it had to acknowledge — and explain — the reason: Outside accountants spotted a problem in its financial-reporting controls.

Royal Bank of Canada showed it can defy expectations even while being more selective in lending.