Risk

To strengthen the industry, large regional banks should be subjected to heightened supervision and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. should change how it assesses deposit insurance premiums.

Two former top bank regulators argue that efforts to eliminate risk from the business of banking is a fool's errand, and say it is time to refocus banks' managers and boards on the business of managing it.

The success of central bank digital currencies will be directly tied to their usability — by both individuals and businesses.

Borrowers from certain nonbank lenders that have been identified as magnets for Paycheck Protection Program scams also committed check fraud at elevated rates, according to a new data analysis. Banks could use that kind of data from the pandemic-era government program to spot bad actors.

Already well-established in other countries, a conduct risk authority would monitor banks for the kind of risky behavior that the current examination regime might miss.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and John Kennedy, R-La., will examine the role of the Federal Reserve in bank failures in a hearing scheduled for May 10.

At the two big banks, proposed phaseouts of lending for new fossil-fuel exploration drew less shareholder support on Tuesday than they did a year ago. The results were a blow to activists who want big banks to take stronger action to combat climate change.

A study published after last month's crisis finds that banks can guard against rate-driven deposit outflows by keeping more liquid funds available. It also concludes that financial institutions with higher rates of uninsured deposits are more likely to face bank runs.

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank sent a shockwave through the financial system. Even if the worst is behind us, the event will have enormous consequences for banking regulation and supervision for years to come.

The company is adding fixed income securities to its offering while interest rates rise and the U.S. equities market continues to modernize

Regulators had their priorities backward when it came to overseeing SVB and allowed an obvious danger to go unmitigated.

Subordinated debt issuances and asset-backed securities have helped institutions of all asset sizes weather recent market uncertainties and fuel campaigns for growth, according to executives and investment experts.

Regional banks will need to implement holistic, sophisticated data and risk analysis technology following last month's bank runs, experts say.

In his new role as chief operating officer, Selva will take the reins of a multiyear initiative to improve internal controls. Those efforts, which followed regulatory scrutiny, were previously led by longtime banker Karen Peetz, who plans to retire in May.

Institutions can borrow against par-valued securities that they would otherwise have to sell at a loss when there's a run on deposits, and it could have effectiveness beyond its actual usage.

There were many red flags before the California bank failed last week. Now the questions are: How did federal and state regulators assess the risks, and what actions did they take in response?

The FDIC named Greg Carmichael, who retired last year as CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, to run a bridge bank that will hold Signature's deposits and most of its assets.

Banks with up to $225 billion of assets are making some progress in assessing climate-related financial risks, but they still lag behind bigger banks in taking action, according to a report from the consulting firm Baringa Partners US.

Under the new policy, firms that come forward with misconduct before it becomes known to the public or prosecutors and then fully cooperate will receive "significant benefits" in any resulting deal, federal prosecutors in New York say.