BankThink

Highest Loan/Deposit Ratios Among Bank Holding Companies

02/19/19

Year to date Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

[more]

Navient stock rises as Canyon says it could boost rejected buyout bid

02/19/19

Navient Corp. shares surged after Canyon Capital Advisors said it could boost a $3.1 billion takeover offer that was rejected by the student-loan servicer.

[more]

Critics of CFPB’s revised payday rule miss the mark

02/19/19

The agency’s proposed changes to its standard for small-dollar loans will help ensure underbanked consumers still have access to credit. Concerns about predatory lending are overstated.

[more]

Oklahoma bank's plan to differentiate? A unique name

02/19/19

Central National Bank rebranded as Stride Bank to move away from a name with overused words.

[more]

Citi plans machine takeover of call centers; Shareholders bail on two foreign banks

02/19/19

CEO Corbat says “thousands” of call center jobs may be lost; Barclays shareholder sells all stock in the bank and Deutsche’s biggest slashes its stake.

[more]

Is weaker loan demand a bad omen?

02/18/19

Recent data from the Federal Reserve suggests lenders are growing pessimistic about the credit environment. But is that a sign of trouble ahead, or just sound risk management?

[more]

Texas Independent to expand in Houston with bank purchase

02/18/19

The company has agreed to buy Preferred Bancshares in a deal set to close by mid-2019.

[more]

SoFi plans new lending products and move Into stock trading

02/15/19

The company's expansion into new business lines could help offset recent declines in loan volume.

[more]

Deutsche Bank reverses pledge to help distressed homeowners

02/15/19

The funds the bank promised to spend on consumer relief will instead be used to make new home loans, according to a report by the monitor of its 2017 settlement with the U.S. Justice Department.

[more]

Wells' tech snafu, BB&T-SunTrust cont'd., JPM Coin: Top stories of the week

02/15/19

Flaws in testing may be real source of Wells Fargo's tech failure; BB&T-SunTrust deal throws talent and deposits up for grabs, threatens banking's middle tier; what JPMorgan Chase's JPM Coin means for Ripple and Swift; and more from this week's most-read stories.

[more]