Browsing: Capital

Key insight: Banks’ buyback plans signal confidence that regulators will implement capital requirements that are more lax than proposed rules during the Biden administration.Supporting data: The…

Key insight: American Banker’s 2025 Small Business Banking conference offered several panels and discussions about how banks can best serve small-business owners.What’s at stake: Bankers see…

Key insight: Texas Capital’s multiyear turnaround reached a milestone in the third quarter when the bank achieved a key profitability target that it set four years…

Key insight: Capital One’s third-quarter financial beat consensus analyst estimates across its bottom line and credit metrics.Supporting data: The company’s net charge-off rate decreased, and credit…

The enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio has for too long wrongly penalized low-risk market-making activity by U.S. banks. Targeted reforms come at a time when liquidity is…

Cornerstone Capital Bancorp, a one-time independent mortgage banker that acquired a depository, has agreed to purchase another bank, Peoples Bancorp of Lubbock, Texas.Terms of the transaction…

Key insight: The standard for strong passwords has shifted away from complex characters and toward longer “passphrases” made of multiple random words, which are easier to…

D3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesThe IRS has unveiled the capital gains tax brackets for 2026, with higher earnings limits for the 0% rate. That could…

Bottom line: Wells Fargo’s third quarter profit jumped 9%, eclipsing analysts’ expectations by a wide margin. Expert quote: “Wages have kept up with inflation for many folks,…

Schedule D: How to report your capital gains (or losses) to the IRS Source link