Financial institutions

The New York-based bank says it will push its concentration of commercial real estate loans below 400% of risk-based capital over the next two years and focus more on C&I.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it's ready to wind down the global systemically important banks. But until that happens, many in the banking industry are skeptical that regulators have actually developed a workable strategy to end "too big to fail."

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg said last week that regulators have the tools they need to allow big banks to fail in an orderly fashion. But resetting public and market expectations is not so easy.

The memorandum creates channels for sharing information about nonbanks between the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

A bipartisan group of senators called on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to exercise transparency and expedience in evaluating industrial loan company applications, which grant a type of charter industry experts say is unlikely to be issued in this administration.

Data as of Dec. 31, 2023. Dollars in thousands.

Data as of Dec. 31, 2023. Dollars in thousands.

Investors have hammered the New Jersey-based lender following the turmoil at New York Community Bancorp. But Valley executives say there are key differences between the two real estate-focused banks, and they express confidence that the bank's underwriting will hold up again this cycle.

When the 2018 Dodd-Frank reform bill lifted the asset bar for enhanced prudential standards for banks from $50 billion to $100 billion, few thought it was controversial. Recent turmoil among regional banks suggests the change may have created as many problems as it solved.

In correspondence with Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed safeguarding rule could change banks' custody businesses.

Valley National, based in Morristown, New Jersey, has a high exposure to commercial-property loans relative to its peers. The bank reported that almost half its $50.2 billion loan book was in commercial real estate as of Dec. 31, with heavy exposure to New York, Florida and New Jersey.

The longtime Most Powerful Women in Banking honoree looks back on her 40-year career and the power of persistence.

While less disputed than the Basel III endgame, the Federal Reserve's proposed framework for measuring and offsetting systemic risk within the nation's largest banks has sparked its own debate about what needs to be reported and the Fed's desired policy outcome for foreign subsidiaries.

The Cleveland-based regional bank was not well positioned for the sharp rise in interest rates last year. But executives say the year ahead will be different, pointing to strong credit quality and a repricing of Key's securities portfolio.

The Dallas bank's full-year results showed progress toward its long-term strategic goals despite a fourth-quarter drop-off in net interest income heavily tied to its mortgage business, executives said on an earnings call.

Proposed capital rules aimed at bigger institutions will force regional and larger community banks to consider ways to grow or seek an exit strategy, bankers and analysts predict.

The Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has introduced significant updates to the CDFI certification application, aiming to simplify the process and establish clearer standards for responsible lending and community development.

The Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision said new definitions around community development activities and the ability for banks to invest outside their immediate assessment areas could be a boon to Native Americans and their communities.