Tag: banking industry

February 6, 2024

Several industry groups sued US regulators to block recent overhauls to the Community Reinvestment Act, arguing the new rules meant to tackle redlining and boost lending to lower-income areas will actually discourage banks from lending. The American Bankers Association, U.S. […]

August 7, 2023

Now that regulators in Washington have unfurled a hefty reform package of post-financial crisis capital regulations, banking industry advisers are honing in on what they consider most disruptive, including risk management requirements that could affect real estate lending, consumer credit […]

January 10, 2023

Banks still need to improve their risk management and learn the lessons from various crises that rocked markets in 2022, regulators at the Bank of England said on Tuesday. The market reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and turmoil in […]

January 12, 2022

Last year, we summarized our thoughts on the impact that Joe Biden’s presidency might have on the banking industry. Nearly a year into the administration, below is an updated overview of the emerging trends and expectations for the new year. […]

May 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was an unexpected event that led to an economic recession, causing widespread concern and global shock. The banking industry was not immune to this. According to McKinsey, the problems caused by the pandemic for the banking industry […]

February 1, 2021

The global pandemic has taken its toll on brand value in the global banking industry, with the total valuation of The Banker/Brand Finance’s Top 500 Banking Brands 2021 ranking falling by 4.2%, to $1.27tn. This is the first time in […]

January 13, 2021

On Jan. 20, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Though President-elect Biden has been a staple of U.S. politics for over four decades, the potential impacts of his administration on […]

November 28, 2018

China’s too-big-to-fail banking rules are heading in the right direction. Chinese regulators published new guidelines on Tuesday for supervising the nation’s financial institutions. Of course, Beijing owns most big lenders, and failures are almost unheard-of. But the very act of […]

October 12, 2018

The U.S. economy is riding high. Bank stocks, while their valuations are down somewhat from their highs at the beginning of the year, are still enjoying a nice run. For most banks that want to raise new equity capital, the […]

January 15, 2018

There’s a lot about TESLA’s way of doing business I admire; especially when I think about what it could bring to the world of financial technology. I don’t mean a banking system powered by lithium-ion batteries or setting up branches […]

March 22, 2017

New technology in banking is already transforming the financial world, and the traditional banking landscape is set to rapidly change in the next five years. Safety features, such as advanced cryptography and biometrics, will help protect against bank scams, and […]

February 24, 2017

Banking and capital markets, often viewed as dominated by men, achieved high scores in a newly released survey measuring the diversity in their director ranks. In 2016, women made up 26 percent of the boards in the banking and capital […]

February 1, 2017

To say the bankers, consultants and attorneys gathering in Phoenix this week are optimistic about the future of banking is an understatement. In a quick poll taken Monday afternoon at the Bank Director: Acquire or Be Acquired Conference, 78% of those […]