Regional banks
US regionals predict prolonged AOCI burndown
Six banks adjust capital projections amid rising unrealised losses in Q4
Public enemy number one: the threat to information security
Nearly half of domestic and regional banks report risk appetite breaches amid heightened sense of insecurity
Op Risk Benchmarking 2024: the banks
As threats grow and regulators bore down, focus shifts to the first line
Fed stress-testing operational readiness of discount window
Experts say consultation on improved ops should be accompanied by focus on willingness to borrow
US banks return to MBSs amid value recovery
Bank of America and Wells Fargo ramp up AFS holdings in the third quarter
BofA sets its sights on US synthetic risk transfer market
New trading initiative has already notched at least three transactions
As Fed eyes rule change, over 50% of US banks’ securities held as HTM
PNC, BofA and Schwab report highest share among banks subject to LCR amid move to limit their role in liquidity buffers
Fourteen US banks poised to benefit from curtailed market risk rule
Fed’s changes to Basel III endgame proposal would keep regional banks with limited trading activity exempt from costly FRTB requirements
Valley National cuts CRE concentration after balance sheet tweak
Reassessment of nursing-home loans as ‘owner-occupied’ brings CRE-to-capital benchmark down 24 percentage points in Q2
American Express set to become category III bank
Payment card lender to be subject to stricter capital, liquidity and prudential requirements from next quarter
New CDS index delayed by regulatory capital concerns
Dealer worries about impact of self-referencing trades derail CDX Financials launch at last minute
Record number of US banks turned to riskless assets in Q1
Western Alliance leads pack with doubling of exposures in 0% bucket
NYCB turns to repos, discount window in cash-hoarding push
Bank had previously supplemented funding needs almost exclusively with FHLB advances
One-tenth of US banks exceed CRE concentration thresholds
US supervisors face operational challenge with constellation of 536 lenders above risk benchmarks at end-2023
US banks’ non-core funding dependence ratio jumped in 2023
BHCs’ aggregate figure almost doubled to post-pandemic high last year
US banks’ IRRBB transparency: one step forward, two steps back
A year on from the 2023 crisis, more lenders monitor EVE sensitivity, but full Basel-like disclosures remain the exception
Capital One puts OCC’s tough stance on mergers to the test
Proposed Discover deal should be approved but will go under the microscope, ex-regulators say
Harsh judgements: why Stateside lenders are upping the Q-factor
As CRE stalls, qualitative adjustments are forming a larger part of US banks’ credit risk allowances
At some US regionals, CRE loans eclipse tangible equity by up to 7x
Valley National, NYCB and First Foundation the most levered in a sample of 30 banks
Basel III endgame expected to push PNC’s RWAs up 3%
Forecast from US regional much tamer than increases expected by advanced-approach banks
AmEx expansion puts it on track for tougher prudential standards
Lender is within spitting distance of category III designation, which would attract stricter capital and liquidity requirements