Category: Capital and Risk

May 25, 2022

A Florida House committee and the state Senate wasted little time Tuesday in approving sweeping property insurance bills, leaving only the full House of Representatives to cement the changes on Wednesday, which would likely ending the special session two days […]

May 24, 2022

Residential property. complaints against Louisiana insurance companies skyrocketed in the aftermath of 2020 and 2021 hurricanes, according to a report released this month by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) received 21,143 complaints in the calendar […]

May 23, 2022

Don’t say recession. Call it “transition,” Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, told “Fox News Sunday.” Host Martha MacCallum asked Deese if he agrees with those who say the United States is heading into recession in […]

May 23, 2022

U.S. Bank National Association today announced the redemption on June 2, 2022, of all its outstanding Floating Rate Senior Notes due June 2, 2023 (CUSIP No. 90331HPM9). The redemption price for the Senior Notes will be equal to $1,000 per […]

May 18, 2022

For more than six weeks now, the tech and finance industry has been riveted by Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter. The topic has sucked up tons of oxygen and contributed to Tesla shares sagging amid a broader market rout and […]

May 17, 2022

In this edition of Central Bank Watch, we’ll cover the two major central banks in Europe: the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. There’s been somewhat of a divergence between the BOE and ECB in recent weeks, where […]

May 16, 2022

The global COVID-19 pandemic has shone a floodlight on financial vulnerabilities and the stress they cause for families. A recent survey shows that only 22% of Americans give themselves high scores on their own financial wellness. This is a failing […]

May 13, 2022

Stocks are off to a rough start in 2022. Investors are primarily concerned about inflationary pressures and how they might affect the economy. The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April put inflation at 8.3%. While this is below […]

May 13, 2022

After rapidly adjusting operations at the start of the pandemic and accelerating their digital transformation roadmaps, banks are left wondering: What happens next? And what did the acceleration mean for banks’ digital strategy? Banks need to shift their mindsets from […]

May 11, 2022

President Joe Biden does not believe his $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, which was signed into law last year, played any role in the increase in inflation, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. Shortly after the president’s speech […]