Goldman Sachs

The Senate Banking Committee is questioning whether Goldman Sachs Group paid dividends at the expense of lending to businesses and households during the pandemic as lawmakers take a broad look at the support big banks offered clients to get through the economic slump.

Goldman Sachs is evaluating what to do with about $29 billion of debt and preferred stock it issued that’s pegged to dollar Libor and doesn’t mature until after the discredited benchmark expires in mid-2023.

The automated investing tool is part of Goldman Sachs's effort to be a full-service digital bank and to help partners like Apple and Stripe offer financial products, according to Stephanie Cohen, global co-head of consumer and wealth management.

The Jackson, Miss.-based credit union is part of an alliance that also includes the megabank, seven cities and nine historically Black colleges and universities, and aims to provide investments of up to $130 million to help stabilize businesses and communities hit hard by the pandemic.

Goldman Sachs' dealmakers capped their record year with a fourth-quarter revenue jump that helped profit more than double.