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Banks challenged by low rates; Fidelity raises theirs

08/08/19

U.S. financial stocks are down nearly 4% this week on rate pressure, but it’s even worse for European banks; the mutual fund giant will automatically sweep investor cash into a money fund yielding 1.9%.

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Regulatory rollbacks could threaten banks' debt ratings: Fitch

11/19/18

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.

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S&P downgrade is latest blow to Wells Fargo

02/07/18

The one-notch downgrade, announced Wednesday, came in response to the Fed's unprecedented decision to halt asset growth at the embattled bank.

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