Interest rates

Traditional banks may need to think twice about putting off higher rates on CDs and other deposit products. That’s because freer-spending online banks are adding deposits faster than they are, and more Fed rate hikes are expected to fuel that trend.

Three midsize banks projected increases in loans this year in the latest round of earnings discussions, but their levels of optimism varied, and their commercial lending strategies in some cases conflicted.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, refusing to stop antitrust lawsuits that accuse some of the world’s largest banks of conspiring to rig Libor.

Wells Fargo faces an economic environment that may not be particularly suited for the way the bank is structured. Also: are you brave enough to make bitcoin a part of your retirement portfolio?

Any economic environment, including this one, has risks but it is unclear whether banks are sufficiently worried about what lies ahead.