Expense management

Stripe, one of the world's most valuable startups, has hired JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Group as it explores options for raising liquidity.

Almost a fifth of U.S. banks are offering savings rates of 2% or more, a huge spike from a year ago, according to new data. Banks are paying more out of fear their customers will flee to competitors offering higher rates.

Digital Currency Group, the struggling crypto empire whose Genesis Global Capital lending unit is trying to stave off bankruptcy, said it's suspending quarterly dividends to preserve cash.

The New York bank, which recorded an 8% increase in expenses last year, projects that they will rise by 5% in 2023. Other megabanks are also contending with higher costs.

Credit Suisse Group is considering cutting the bonus pool for 2022 by about half, according to people familiar with the matter, capping a grim year in which the bank was forced to raise $4 billion after a string of losses.

As customers increasingly do their banking via smartphone apps and online, Santander and Argentine rivals including BBVA Argentina, Grupo Financiero Galicia and Grupo Supervielle, like their global peers, are pushing to close physical locations. But regulators won't let them.

Goldman Sachs is embarking on one of its biggest rounds of job cuts ever as it locks in on a plan to eliminate about 3,200 positions this week, with the bank's leadership going deeper than rivals to shed jobs.

The National Credit Union Administration must justify its sharply higher operating budget for next year.

Goldman Sachs Group aims to cut at least a few hundred more jobs as the Wall Street titan restructures its struggling consumer business and braces for an uncertain economy in the year ahead.

Plaid said it cut 260 staffers Wednesday after changing macroeconomic conditions forced it to rein in costs.

Fidelity National Information Services plans to dismiss thousands of workers as part of incoming Chief Executive Stephanie Ferris's strategy to win back investor confidence after the fintech giant slumped 44% this year.

Stripe, one of the world's most valuable startups, will cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to rein in costs ahead of any economic downturn.

Credit Suisse Group reported its fourth straight loss as its investment bank continued to struggle, wealthy clients fled and the lender booked a charge related to a critical overhaul that's been in the making for months.

CEO Rob Holmes says that much of the Dallas company's increased spending is now in the past. But meeting the bank's targets is "a complete show-me story," one analyst said.

Deutsche Bank laid off dozens of origination and advisory staffers within its investment banking division globally as fears of a recession stymie dealmaking, according to a person with knowledge with the matter.

The San Francisco bank tallied $2.2 billion in net operating losses, higher than in any quarter since late 2017. The charges offset what otherwise would have been a strong third-quarter performance.

Some online banks are offering the highest rate on savings accounts only to new customers. The strategy could suppress deposit costs at a time when the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate increases have begun to put pressure on expenses.

Klarna Bank, months after announcing major job cuts and taking a $39 billion hit to its valuation, is planning to restructure parts of its business further to suit a slower-growing, smaller operation, people familiar with the matter said. 

Goldman Sachs Group is reconsidering how to launch a long-delayed product for the masses as senior executives wrestle with cost overruns.

Conversations with about a dozen Credit Suisse dealmakers, traders, financiers and wealth advisors depict a unit girded for a reckoning.