Financial institutions

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

BofA hasn’t taken advantage of the benefits of owning Merrill Lynch; weakness seen despite stronger bank earnings.

A sullied reputation and frustrations with bureaucracy have driven some advisers to the competition.

The Pittsburgh bank reported a double-digit increase in 3Q profits on a mix of higher loan yields in its retail and corporate banking units, higher corporate service fees and several other factors.

Big banks are expected to report that commercial lending weakened in the third quarter thanks to tax cuts, nonbank competition and seasonal factors. It raises questions about whether the second-quarter rally was an anomaly and if an overall economic slowdown is edging closer.

Fifth Third has allegedly informed Spike's Tactical that its accounts would not be renewed.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The heavy workload is not limited to implementing the financial regulatory reform bill enacted last spring, as the agencies also work to craft reforms of the Community Reinvestment Act and adjust key capital measures for the biggest banks.

American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gala, recorded live on Oct. 4 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

BNY Mellon snags tech exec from Bank of America as CTO; dissent spreads at CFPB over top aide's writings; Anne Finucane ready to lead BofA's European operations; and more from this week's most-read stories.

MiCommunity Bancorp would be the first bank to open in Michigan in 10 years.

The 2018 Most Powerful Women in Banking festivities kicked off Wednesday night with cocktails and conversation at the Alley Cat Amateur Theater in New York's Financial District.

Credit unions would not be impacted by the proposal, but the movement has spent much of the last decade telling lawmakers and regulators CUs are being punished for the actions of big banks that led to the financial crisis.

The 22-year Bank of America vet loves digging into the company's financials and finding ways to simplify cumbersome processes. “The work is demanding. It can be deeply analytical in that you have to take the complex and make it simple.”

Finucane has tackled some sizable problems at Bank of America in recent years, so it makes perfect sense she's been tasked to manage one of the thorniest issues facing big banks today: leading BofA's European operations in the wake of Brexit.

A new agency Web page has information on nearly every aspect of the agency's operations, including de novo applications, bank exams and failures.

Applications this year are more than double the 2017 mark and the most since 2009. But with some fintechs withdrawing their bids, observers are urging caution.

Whitney Austin is still recovering after being shot 12 times by the man who killed three people in the Cincinnati bank’s headquarters branch last month. The digital product manager has a new cause, has formed a foundation and is rethinking working life as she prepares to return to the bank.