All 31 banks pass annual exercise

All 31 banks pass annual exercise

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 29, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the biggest banks operating in … Read more

Morgan Stanley OpenAI-powered assistant to roll out for wealth advisors

Morgan Stanley OpenAI-powered assistant to roll out for wealth advisors

Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is pushing further into its adoption of artificial intelligence with a new assistant that is expected to take over thousands of hours of labor for the bank’s financial advisors. The assistant, called Debrief, keeps detailed logs of advisors’ meetings and automatically creates draft emails and summaries … Read more

The stock market flips and tech falls out of favor. It may be hard to stop

The stock market flips and tech falls out of favor. It may be hard to stop

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market moves : Stocks were mixed Monday as money continued to shift out of high price-to-earnings multiple technology stocks that have outperformed this year and moved … Read more

Nearly $109M in Yotta customer deposits vanish

Nearly 9M in Yotta customer deposits vanish

Tsingha25 | Istock | Getty Images Ledgers of the failed fintech middleman Synapse show that nearly all the deposits held for customers of the banking app Yotta went missing weeks ago, according to one of the lenders involved. A network of eight banks held $109 million in deposits for Yotta customers as of April 11, … Read more

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs hit by regulators

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs hit by regulators

Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of the Nations Largest Banks, in Hart Building on Thursday, September 22, 2022.  Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Banking regulators on Friday disclosed that they found weaknesses in the resolution plans of … Read more

Switzerland makes second interest rate cut as major economies diverge

Switzerland makes second interest rate cut as major economies diverge

A view of the headquarters of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), before a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, March 21, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters The Swiss National Bank on Thursday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, continuing cuts at a time when sentiment over monetary policy easing remains mixed … Read more

UK BNPL fintech Zilch raises $125 million, sees IPO within 2 years

UK BNPL fintech Zilch raises 5 million, sees IPO within 2 years

Zilch CEO Phil Belamant. Zilch LONDON — British fintech firm Zilch said Wednesday it’s raised $125 million in debt financing from German banking giant Deutsche Bank in a deal that will help the company triple sales in the next couple of years and move closer toward an initial public offering. The company, which offers shoppers … Read more

Warren warns Powell against weakening Basel III Endgame regulations

Warren warns Powell against weakening Basel III Endgame regulations

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia, in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is accusing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome … Read more

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

Clean energy firms are reaping the rewards of this emerging shift. Aira, a Swedish firm that carries out heat pump installations, recently announced that it had struck a deal valued at €200 million ($214 million) for loan commitments from the bank BNP Paribas. This will allow Aira customers in Germany to pay for their heat … Read more

ATM: AGS Transact looks to widen ATM footprint

ATM: AGS Transact looks to widen ATM footprint

Mumbai: India’s second largest ATM manufacturer AGS Transact Technologies is aiming to deploy more than 3,000 ATMs in the current fiscal year. After the industry stagnated during the Covid period, banks have once again started adding branches which is seen to give a fillip to the industry. The company recently won two orders from State … Read more