Banks’ market-value losses on loans have reportedly been rising along with interest rates. Ninety-seven percent of a sample of publicly traded United States banks reported that their loans’ market value was less than their balance-sheet amount as of Dec. 31, 2022, the Wall Street Journal...
Hindsight is always 20/20 — and, in the rearview mirror, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse was obvious to see. Big bank. Dominant player/big fish in a relatively small pond. That pond, of course, was the tech industry, and in fact, SVB was a lifeline of...
For Wirecard, does the end start in China? It’s well known by now that roughly $2 billion is unaccounted for in a story that continues to unfold with the German payments processing company at the center. Just where the money went, if it was ever there...
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Jon Cunliffe, said on Friday (Feb. 28) that digital currencies could potentially dry up lending for banks and affect the economy as a whole, according to a report by Reuters. Many central banks around the globe...
February 05, 2024
The banks continue to tighten, the traditional channels are tougher to navigate in the commercial lending space. And against a backdrop where smaller firms are still seeking credit as we enter the second month of the year, that gives renewed opportunity for alternative providers and the private credit markets. As noted in the Federal Reserve’s January […]
March 22, 2023
Hindsight is always 20/20 — and, in the rearview mirror, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse was obvious to see. Big bank. Dominant player/big fish in a relatively small pond. That...
April 07, 2023
Banks’ market-value losses on loans have reportedly been rising along with interest rates. Ninety-seven percent of a sample of publicly traded United States banks reported that their loans’ market value was less than their balance-sheet amount as of Dec. 31, 2022, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (April 7). The declines have been driven by rising […]
February 28, 2020
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Jon Cunliffe, said on Friday (Feb. 28) that digital currencies could potentially dry up lending for banks and affect the economy...
June 07, 2019
Europe’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Friday (June 7) that higher bank capital requirements, which were put on the books during the financial crisis, will remain. Reuters, citing the...
January 25, 2019
For big bank loans taken out before April of 2018, prospects of repayment are good, federal banking regulators said on Friday (Jan. 25). However, the portion of loans owed by...