CFPB rule caps credit card late fees at $8

CFPB rule caps credit card late fees at

Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress,” in the Dirksen Building on Nov. 30, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a new rule on Tuesday … Read more

UK neobank Monzo hits $5 billion valuation after $430 million raise

UK neobank Monzo hits  billion valuation after 0 million raise

British digital bank Monzo on Tuesday raised $430 million in fresh capital from investors to help it relaunch its services in the U.S. Monzo raised the money in a new funding round led by CapitalG, the independent venture arm of Google parent company Alphabet. HongShan, the Chinese venture capital firm that split from Sequoia Capital … Read more

Some NYCB deposits may be at risk after another Moody’s downgrade

Some NYCB deposits may be at risk after another Moody’s downgrade

A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Regional lender New York Community Bank may have to pay more to retain deposits after one of the company’s key ratings was slashed for the second time in a month. Late … Read more

Wall Street worries about NYCB’s loan losses and deposit levels

Wall Street worries about NYCB’s loan losses and deposit levels

A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Regional lender New York Community Bank finds itself in an apparently worsening predicament just as the anniversary of last year’s banking turmoil nears. Shares of the troubled lender plunged 25% on … Read more

NYCB falls 18% after bank discloses ‘internal controls’ issue, CEO change

NYCB falls 18% after bank discloses ‘internal controls’ issue, CEO change

A New York Community Bank stands in Brooklyn on February 08, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of New York Community Bancorp fell 18% in extended trading Thursday after the regional lender announced a leadership change and disclosed issues with its internal controls. The regional bank announced that Alessandro DiNello, … Read more

StanChart CEO says ESG is good for business

StanChart CEO says ESG is good for business

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer at the Standard Chartered Bank, attends a panel session of the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 12, 2024. Ryan Lim | Afp | Getty Images Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact of a U.S. crusade against … Read more

Banks branch out as deposits hard to come by on apps

Banks branch out as deposits hard to come by on apps

India’s determined digital drive, which linked its villages to the internet at breakneck speed, also prompted what now seems to be rather premature obituaries of branch banking. More banks, contrary to expectations, are busy building brick-and-mortar presence across the country for access to something that has defined banking since it began: Deposits. “Thanks to core … Read more

Jamie Dimon is ‘cautious about everything’ as he sees risks to a soft landing

Jamie Dimon is ‘cautious about everything’ as he sees risks to a soft landing

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon thinks there’s a better-than-even chance that the U.S. is heading for a recession, though he doesn’t see systemic issues looming. Speaking Monday from the JPMorgan High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami, the head of the largest U.S. bank by assets said markets probably aren’t pricing in a strong … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says AI is not just hype — ‘This is real’

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says AI is not just hype — ‘This is real’

The burgeoning artificial intelligence tools from companies such as OpenAI still have their share of skeptics, but don’t count JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon among them. The Wall Street titan told CNBC’s Leslie Picker on Monday that AI is not just a passing fad and is bigger than just the large language models such as … Read more

Jamie Dimon on Capital One Discover deal: ‘Let them compete’

Jamie Dimon on Capital One Discover deal: ‘Let them compete’

Jamie Dimon, President & CEO,Chairman & CEO JPMorgan Chase, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon isn’t worried about the added competition from a bulked-up Capital One if its $35.3 billion takeover of Discover … Read more