News Topic: Bank stocks

The company said it could use proceeds from selling common and preferred stock to increase lending and add branches. ... Read full article

Profitability improved significantly last year for banks with less than $2 billion of assets, but not because of anything they did. Some troubling trends lurk beneath those big gains too. ... Read full article

Political contributions from Wall Street rose, but did they influence policy?; bank stocks post biggest monthly gain since President Trump was elected. ... Read full article

CEO Kessell Stelling said he thinks about Synovus' depressed stock price daily, even though his team is ahead of schedule cutting costs from a deal that closed in January. ... Read full article

The company could use its share of proceeds from the IPO to repay debt and pursue bank acquisitions. ... Read full article

The company plans to use the new capital to pursue growth opportunities. ... Read full article

The French banking giant has spent months winding down its holdings in the $20 billion-asset bank. ... Read full article

Shareholder approval, usually a formality, is far from guaranteed when an acquirer's share price is sliding. ... Read full article

New CEO Ronald O'Hanley is pushing to reduce expenses, automate more functions and simplify the organizational structure. ... Read full article

There had been a cascade in recent days of downgrades and other negative forecasts in connection with big banks, but some analysts on Wednesday picked up the industry's argument that fundamentals are stronger than the markets are giving banks credit ... Read full article

Investors are spooked by banks' exposure to oil and other sectors threatened by a global slowdown as well as by policy uncertainties, but banks argue credit quality is strong and recession fears are exaggerated. ... Read full article

It was a year to remember for women executives at SunTrust and Amex’s new CEO, and one to forget for Wells Fargo and investors in bank stocks. ... Read full article

Atlantic Equities’ John Heagerty cut his recommendation on JPMorgan Chase to neutral, saying the bank now “offers the least upside” to price targets among the major banks. ... Read full article

While equity prices drop an average 5% at big banks, bosses express confidence in the U.S. economy; the bank appoints new managers in payments, consumer banking and marketing. ... Read full article

U.S. earnings climbed 44% from a year earlier, aided by lower taxes, a widening net interest margin, record contributions from its stake in TD Ameritrade. ... Read full article

The ratings agency said that it views rollbacks of stress-test comparisons and liquidity coverage ratio requirements as "negative" for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion of assets. ... Read full article

A broad decline in bank stocks and investor concerns about specific companies are among the reasons for a spike in insider purchases. ... Read full article