Banking & Capital Markets

Financial Performance

Ally Financial’s Profit Drops by More Than Half

“We saw steady improvement throughout the [second] quarter as shelter-in-place orders eased and dealers quickly adapted to the COVID environment."

Matthew Heller
July 20, 2020
Regulation

Fed Clamps Down on Bank Capital Distributions

The regulator is seeking to “ensure large banks remain resilient despite the economic uncertainty" from the coronavirus pandemic.
Credit

U.S. Banks’ Profits Sink 69% to $18.5B in Q1

Banks diverted earnings to reserves for "newly risky loans as the coronavirus tanked credit health and plunged the U.S. into a recession."
Credit

W.Va. Bank Fails After Years of Financial Woes

First State Bank had "experienced longstanding capital and asset quality issues, operating with financial difficulties since 2015,” the FDIC says.
Regulation

Fed Loosens Examination Reins on Banks

The Fed is reducing its focus on exams to “minimize disruption and burden" on banks during the coronavirus crisis.
Credit

Square Analysts React to FDIC’s Conditional Banking License Approval

The fintech company began its bid for a banking charter over two years ago.
Banking & Capital Markets

Plan Now for an Orderly Transition from Libor

Complying with the switch to alternative risk-free rates will be a massive undertaking for financial institutions and other companies.
Regulation

Fed Offers Liquidity to Foreign Central Banks

The new FIMA Repo Facility is the Fed's latest move to relieve stresses in financial markets resulting from the coronavirus crisis.
Regulation

Fed Adopts ‘Stress Capital Buffer’ for Big Banks

The new buffer will use the results from the Fed's stress tests to help determine banks' capital requirements.
Banking & Capital Markets

Banks’ Stress Tests to Focus on Leveraged Lending

The 2020 tests will give the Fed "increased information on how leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations may respond to a recession."
Banking & Capital Markets

Fed Proposes Paring Back Volcker Rule

The new proposal would expand the rule’s exemptions to allow banks to invest in or operate venture capital funds and credit funds.
Regulation

Former Wells Fargo CEO Banned From Banking

A regulator also fined John Stumpf $17.5 million for failures of leadership that contributed to the bank's fake-accounts scandal.
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