Columbia Banking System's board has authorized a $700 million share repurchase program. Chief Executive Clint Stein said the move is a result of the bank holding company's excess capital position as ...

After the 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Federal Reserve created a new borrowing source for banks in distress. Part of the job of the Federal Reserve (also known as the ...

Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said a funding lifeline created for banks last year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to spark a wider financial crisis would ...

Stablecoins could flatten the world of finance and allow banks to offer clients a vastly improved money transfer service that is both quicker and cheaper. But risks remain. The launch of a space ...

The gradual alignment of prudential regulations on Basel II/III standards since 2018, as well as improvements in banking supervision and macroprudential surveillance, have contributed to the WAEMU’s ...

Accounting for unrealized market-value losses on banks’ securities and loan investments caused by the secular increase in interest rates that began in early 2022, I estimate that, as of September 30, ...

The tremors from the loss of confidence in the banking system following the sudden collapse and seizure of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) by the FDIC on March 10 continue to be felt through the financial ...

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Banks are under pressure from depositors’ embrace of money-market funds, pushing a popular Federal Reserve-sponsored financing program into the spotlight. Money-market fund assets are increasing at a ...

Last year, several large banks—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic—failed. Financial regulators interrupted the cascade by expanding deposit insurance and establishing a new ...

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