Silicon Valley Bank’s former owner has gotten a judge’s permission to end its bankruptcy. As Reuters reported Saturday (Aug. 3), SVB Financial Group has been given leave to turn over its assets to its creditors, bringing its bankruptcy to a close. According to the report,...
Philadelphia-based lender Republic First Bancorp has been sold after being seized by regulators. Fulton Bank, another Pennsylvania financial institution, has agreed to acquire the lender — which does business as Republic Bank — and its assets, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced late Friday (April 26)....
The former chair of the FDIC is looking for signs of weakness in regional bank earnings. “I’m worried about a handful of them,” Sheila Bair, who headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the financial crisis of 2008, said in an interview with CNBC Tuesday (April 16). “I think some...
The Federal Reserve and other American regulators could reportedly unveil new banking regulations this spring. That’s according to the New York Times (NYT) report Tuesday (March 5) on the response to last year’s banking crisis. A source told the news outlet that at least some policymakers want...
April 19, 2023
Bank earnings continue to roll in. Beyond the biggest players, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, and others, the regionals and the super-regional banks have shown some resilient trends: Consumers continue to spend, digital and omnichannel efforts continue to make headway. The deposit volatility that might have been expected in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) […]
July 19, 2019
The problem when it comes to innovation for regional banks and credit unions isn’t lack of interest. Quite the contrary, according to Ondot Systems CEO and President Vaduvur Bharghavan (known...
October 18, 2024
Regions Bank’s profit dipped during the third quarter as deposit costs rose and loan demand fell. The regional lender released quarterly earnings Friday (Oct. 18) showing a 5.7% decline in net interest income (NII) — the gap between what a bank earns on loans and pays deposits — to $1.22 billion in the quarter. Regions […]
August 04, 2024
Silicon Valley Bank’s former owner has gotten a judge’s permission to end its bankruptcy. As Reuters reported Saturday (Aug. 3), SVB Financial Group has been given leave to turn over...
April 28, 2024
Philadelphia-based lender Republic First Bancorp has been sold after being seized by regulators. Fulton Bank, another Pennsylvania financial institution, has agreed to acquire the lender — which does business as Republic Bank...
April 17, 2024
The former chair of the FDIC is looking for signs of weakness in regional bank earnings. “I’m worried about a handful of them,” Sheila Bair, who headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the financial...
