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July, 2011
July, 2011
The results of the European bank stress tests were released only after the markets closed at 5 pm on Friday and everyone's had the weekend to digest them. .
Bank of America shares have fallen below $10 for the first time since May 2009. The stock price hit a low of $9.88 Friday, July 15
A senior SBI official told Financial Chronicle his bank has run up defaults in large corporate accounts of steel and power companies
Why aren't banks lending to local businesses? The Fed's decision to pay interest on $1.6 trillion in “excess” reserves is a chief suspect
A credit rater with a strong track record sees sovereign-debt defaults and bank woes in the Old World's future
US charge-offs--loans banks don't expect to be able to collect--fluctuated near the end of last year after mostly dropping in the early months of 2010
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has helped bring the bank back from the brink of collapse
Under a proposal issued last year, banks would have to hold 4.5% in common equity by 2015, and an additional 2.5% conservation buffer by 2019
Although last week there was good news from banks' earnings reports, their stock price will be under pressure in near future.
How should banks atone for those foreclosure abuses — all the robo-signing and shoddy recordkeeping that jettisoned so many people...
Two parts of Dodd-Frank are particularly expensive for most banks: They must spend money to strengthen their systems, and they're being restricted on how...
The new Global Basel III pact, approved by the G-20 last year, is forcing big banks to thicken their capital cushions, with US banks generally further along...
Last fall, many of the nation's largest banks were forced to temporarily halt foreclosures after regulators determined that the financial institutions had ...
Two parts of Dodd-Frank are particularly expensive for most banks: They must spend money to strengthen their systems, and they're being restricted on how...
How should banks atone for those foreclosure abuses — all the robo-signing and shoddy recordkeeping that jettisoned so many people...
August, 2011
If a bank, credit union or bank holding company sees an increase in its risk-weighted assets calculation -- which can happen when securities are downgraded ...
Valiena Allison got a call from her bank on a busy morning two years ago about a wire transfer from her company's account...
U.S. Banks Stock Outlook - Aug. 2011 Whatever be the impending economic state, U.S. banks -- the lifeblood of the economy -- are actively responding to every legal and regulatory pressure. In fact, this prompt responsiveness has positioned the banks well to encounter upcoming challenges.
U.S. Banks Facing Main Street Squeeze as Economy Saps Earnings Two U.S. Treasury secretaries and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke provided capital and cheap loans to banks during the last three years to help fuel an economic revival. It hasn’t worked out.
August, 2011
