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Wall Street’s pre-pandemic boom has ended, NY comptroller says
An annual New York City securities industry report predicts a 22% drop from 2021’s record-high compensation packages.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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Flagstar, NYCB extend looming deadline upon OCC approval
The combination will create an $88.4 billion-asset bank with a 395-branch footprint across nine states, so long as a green light from the Fed comes in time.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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President Donald Trump’s reelection was predicted to yield loosened regulation. But tariff volatility and economic uncertainty has thrown a wrench into an expected boom in mergers and acquisitions.
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Boost Mobile ventures into banking
“We've got millions of customers coming into Boost stores who are paying in cash every month,” CEO Stephen Stokols said. “We thought, ‘We give them the connectivity. Can we give them the banking services, as well?’”
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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HSBC ousts CFO, appoints new one
New CFO Georges Elhedery, formerly the bank's co-CEO of global banking and markets, returned from a six-month sabbatical in September. Outgoing CFO Ewen Stevenson will step down Dec. 31.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Peoples Bank to nearly double Kentucky footprint in $208.2M acquisition
Buying Louisville-based Limestone Bank will give the Ohio lender an added $1.5 billion in assets, $1.1 billion in loans and $1.2 billion in deposits. The transaction is set to close in the second quarter of 2023.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Deep DiveBanking-as-a-service grows as regulators play catch-up
The BaaS space is expected to reach $74.55 billion by 2030, and has emerged as an enticing revenue stream for community banks. Meanwhile, the OCC has hinted more regulation is forthcoming.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Credit Suisse chief compliance officer set to exit
Rafael Lopez Lorenzo's departure is not related to the bank's upcoming revamp, sources told Bloomberg. He served for more than a year in a role that once also encompassed overseeing risk at the bank.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 24, 2022 -
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Wells Fargo taps Google AI on virtual assistant launch
“This partnership will expand our customers’ digital financial support network by enabling meaningful money conversations,” the bank’s head of digital said.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 24, 2022 -
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Capital One looks to revamp airport lounge experience
The bank partnered with Washington-area chef José Andrés to design a menu that focuses on tapas in spaces located a short distance from departure gates at two major U.S. airports.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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ColumnWhat Q3 earnings taught us about layoffs, M&A and other costs
All but one of the nation's six largest banks reported higher headcounts despite job-cut anticipation. State Street flagged concern over its BBH deal. And Truist decried “other” expenses.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Whither the investment-banking chief?
Longtime executives at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan Chase are expected to leave their respective companies in the coming months.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Climate-conscious neobank Aspiration names new CEO
The leadership transition comes a year after the company announced plans to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company InterPrivate III Financial Partners Inc.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Green Dot fires CEO, names replacement
The company terminated Dan Henry, its CEO since 2020, on Friday, it said. George Gresham, the firm’s chief financial and operating officer, is stepping into the top role.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 17, 2022 -
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Goldman Sachs overhaul splits Marcus
The platform’s consumer-focused operations will fall under a newly combined asset- and wealth-management unit. Meanwhile, a corporate-client-centric Marcus unit will become a stand-alone entity.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 17, 2022 -
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Regulators approve U.S. Bank-MUFG Union merger
The green light came as the Fed proposed requiring banks with $250 billion to $700 billion in assets to carry long-term debt that could be converted into equity in the event of failure.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 14, 2022 -
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Apple to launch high-yield savings account with Goldman Sachs
The move is the logical next step for the Apple-Goldman partnership, according to one consultant, who said the day-to-day banking product complements Apple’s Goldman-powered credit-card offering.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 14, 2022 -
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Jamie Dimon isn’t the only bank CEO expecting a recession: KPMG
Some 85% of bank chiefs believe the U.S. is headed for recession in the next 12 months, the accounting giant found in its annual CEO outlook. Nearly half see layoffs in the next six months.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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U.S. Bank, MUFG Union sell 3 California branches to HomeStreet Bank
Seattle-based HomeStreet will gain roughly $490 million in deposits, $22 million in loans and 16,000 new customer relationships in the deal. The bank also pledged to retain all employees in those branches.
By Dan Ennis • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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TD’s postal partnership in Canada turns an eye toward US efforts
The bank launched a small-dollar lending product Wednesday aimed at rural, remote and Indigenous Canadians. But a U.S. Postal Service pilot last year generated just six customers.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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Prosperity Bank to acquire two Texas community banks for $570M
The Houston-based lender announced a plan to expand in west Texas less than a month after settling with the Justice Department in a PPP case.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 12, 2022 -
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State Street taps Wells vet to lead compliance as BBH deal hits crunch time
The bank has floated several modifications to its pending $3.5 billion acquisition of a Brown Brothers Harriman unit in an effort to gain regulatory approval by year's end.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 12, 2022 -
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Gen Z neobank Step launches crypto investing, rewards
The fintech, which claims to have more than 3 million customer accounts, said it is partnering with digital assets infrastructure and regulatory platform Zero Hash to offer transaction and custody services.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 12, 2022 -
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Goldman Sachs to pare back consumer ambitions: report
The investment bank’s pivot could usher in a potential reorganization of Goldman’s business lines, its third in four years, and comes amid regulator scrutiny of the bank’s consumer-focused products.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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Disappearing sand billboard pushes Bank of the West’s climate message
The San Francisco-based lender partnered with a nonprofit on a kelp forest-focused campaign meant to be washed away on the day it was created.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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Bank of America to pay $1.84B to settle last Countrywide case
The bank will incur a $354 million third-quarter pretax expense from the settlement, to be reported at earnings Oct. 17.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 7, 2022
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