Performance reports

BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., reported weaker quarterly profit after boosting its loan-loss provision and recording lower fee income.

The recent rise in oil prices and a surge in loan demand helped Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas bounce back in the second quarter.

Costs from a lawsuit settlement, the modification of some customers' contracts and employee severance costs combined to push down second-quarter profit at Northern Trust in Chicago.

Signature Bank in New York more than tripled its loan-loss reserves for taxi medallion and other loans in the second quarter yet still managed a double-digit increase in profits primarily on loan growth.

BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday reported higher quarterly profits, driven in part by an uptick in fee income from equipment-lease financing.

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Profits rose nearly 3% at Discover Financial Services in the second quarter thanks to solid loan growth and a one-time tax benefit.

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Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., reported higher second-quarter earnings on solid growth in revenue and loans for investment properties.

Surging revenue from consumer lending, including auto loans and mortgages, offset credit problems from the energy sector in the second-quarter results of Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala.

Comerica reported improvement in its energy-loan portfolio in the second quarter but charges related to a broad corporate restructuring took a bite out of overall profits.

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Bank of America, the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets, said second-quarter profit fell 21% as it took an accounting charge and posted a decline in wealth management revenue.

Citigroup executives were at pains to explain the benefits and challenges of a new partnership with Costco that has netted the bank millions of new credit card customers but also added to its cost burden in the second quarter.

The San Francisco bank reported a 17% drop in mortgage fee income during the second quarter as other lenders made inroads by refinancing its customers.

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