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Barclays exits climate alliance, following HSBC
“With the departure of most of the global banks, the [Net Zero Banking Alliance] no longer has the membership to support our transition,” Barclays said.
By Zoya Mirza • Aug. 1, 2025 -
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Trade groups push back on crypto firms’ bank charter pursuit
The ABA and other trade groups have urged the OCC to delay approving national trust bank charter applications from Ripple, Circle and other crypto firms, citing “substantial concerns.”
By Rajashree Chakravarty • July 23, 2025 -
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Since the approval of Capital One’s acquisition of Discover, banks have increasingly waded into new deals. Beyond that, they’ve doubled down on strategy, from organic growth to branch placement to app design.
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Fed capital conference panelists stress need for Basel III alignment
An all-day conference Tuesday gave industry experts a platform to press regulators to take a holistic approach to bank capital rules.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 22, 2025 -
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‘Resist’ deregulatory spree, Fed’s Barr warns
Loosening regulations “often appears justified at the time and may be implemented by well-meaning policymakers who simply miscalculate the long run effects of their actions,” the Fed governor said.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 16, 2025 -
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HSBC leaves climate coalition, following US banks
The U.K.-based bank became the latest to exit the United Nations-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance, as an exodus of U.S. banks has spread.
By Lamar Johnson • July 11, 2025 -
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TD names Treasury vet to financial crime risk management post
Andrew Jensen joined the Canadian lender last year as global head of sanctions. Jensen will maintain those duties, too, when he moves into his new role Monday.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 10, 2025 -
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Top US banks boost dividends
JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley announced share repurchase programs. Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, will see current stress capital buffers lowered.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 2, 2025 -
Webster Bank taps former Ally CRO
Jason Schugel, whose 15 years at Ally included six as chief risk officer, has been appointed CRO at Webster, effective July 14.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 1, 2025 -
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FDIC: ‘Suspected fraud’ contributed to Texas bank failure
The Santa Anna National Bank in Texas was closed by the OCC Friday. The failure could cost the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $23.7 million.
By Caitlin Mullen • June 30, 2025 -
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Banking conferences yet to come in 2025
Gatherings can be idea generators, or crucial chances to network — especially amid an environment where political change can yield previously unexpected possibilities and partnerships.
By Dan Ennis • June 27, 2025 -
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Banks reverse course, increase fossil fuel investments in 2024: report
The top four U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi and Wells Fargo — represented 21% of the global financing in the latest Banking on Climate Chaos report.
By Lamar Johnson • June 18, 2025 -
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Fed, OCC, FDIC target check fraud
Federal agencies took aim at payments fraud Monday, proposing more collaboration, including with states, to combat the rising problem, especially with respect to paper checks.
By Lynne Marek • June 17, 2025 -
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Pulaski Bank’s failure spurred by ‘impaired capital’: FDIC OIG
The shuttered Chicago-based lender had deposit liabilities of nearly $20.7 million unaccounted for in its core system, the regulator’s office found.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 5, 2025 -
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Citi drops firearms restriction in a bow to conservative pressure
The bank updated a 7-year-old policy, enacted after the Parkland school shooting, over concerns about “fair access” months after Republicans accused some institutions of political de-banking.
By Dan Ennis • June 4, 2025 -
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Fed lifts Wells Fargo’s asset cap
The regulator’s board lifted the $1.95 trillion asset cap the bank has operated under since 2018, but certain provisions of the consent order remain.
By Caitlin Mullen • June 3, 2025 -
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Citi exec tapped for Treasury terrorist financing role
Jonathan Burke has served as Citi’s global head of banking sanctions compliance since December 2023, according to his LinkedIn profile.
By Dan Ennis • June 3, 2025 -
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Barclays mobilized over $687M in climate tech investments since 2020: report
The British bank’s climate investment arm has a mandate to invest £500 million into equity capital in climate tech startups between 2020 and 2027.
By Zoya Mirza • June 2, 2025 -
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Wells Fargo’s Scharf assured over asset cap’s potential end
“We’re not done, but we’re a hell of a lot closer to the end than the beginning, at this point,” the CEO said Wednesday.
By Caitlin Mullen • May 28, 2025 -
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JPMorgan Chase launches geopolitics center
CEO Jamie Dimon has long beat the drum on geopolitical awareness. Now, his bank wants to help clients make sense of it all.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • May 22, 2025 -
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JPMorgan’s Dimon talks regulatory changes, crypto
The CEO didn’t mince words Monday on the bank regulatory approach over the last 15 years. Regulators “went so far beyond what was reasonable that they should be embarrassed.”
By Caitlin Mullen • May 20, 2025 -
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Democrats press biggest US banks on climate alliance exits
“Leaving doesn’t eliminate climate-related financial risk; instead, it diminishes your capacity to monitor and address that risk collaboratively,” lawmakers told JPMorgan and 11 other institutions.
By Lamar Johnson • May 16, 2025 -
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Comerica risk chief heads to USAA
Brian Goldman, who’s been Comerica’s chief risk officer for about a year and a half, will leave to take the same role at USAA, effective May 27.
By Caitlin Mullen • May 14, 2025 -
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Morgan Stanley to see no SEC penalty on cash sweeps
The agency concluded its probe into the bank’s interest rate-related program. The bank still faces an investigation from a state regulator, though.
By Dan Ennis • May 7, 2025 -
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Treasury’s Bessent: Private credit surge underscores need for bank deregulation
“The growth of private credit tells me that the regulated banking system has been too tightly constrained,” Scott Bessent said Monday.
By Caitlin Mullen • May 6, 2025 -
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HSBC pressed on net zero by $1.6 trillion investor group at annual meeting
Some 30 investors called on the bank to “urgently affirm” its commitment to its climate goals and prioritizing net-zero emissions across its operations.
By Zoya Mirza • May 6, 2025
