At JPMorgan, Goldman and Cowen, layoffs mount

Goldman reportedly cut 125 managing directors, lending credence to earlier rumors of a third round of right-sizing at the bank.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 26, 2023

PacWest continues liquidity push with $3.5B portfolio sale

The beleaguered bank said Monday it received $2.01 billion from a portion of the loan portfolio sale to Ares Management Corp.

By Dan Ennis • June 26, 2023

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President Donald Trump’s reelection was predicted to yield loosened regulation. But tariff volatility and economic uncertainty has thrown a wrench into an expected boom in mergers and acquisitions.

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HSBC to leave Canary Wharf for central London HQ

The bank intends to leave its 45-story tower in late 2026 — possibly for the redeveloped former head office of telecom group BT. The move would cut HSBC’s headquarters footprint in half.

By Dan Ennis • June 26, 2023

JPMorgan names head to new data and analytics business

Company vet Teresa Heitsenrether will lead the charge in implementing artificial intelligence, something CEO Jamie Dimon recently called “critical to our company’s future success.”

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 22, 2023

Dimon won’t face 2nd deposition in Epstein case

A U.S. district court judge stopped an attempt by the U.S. Virgin Islands to reopen depositions against JPMorgan’s CEO in the bank’s litigation over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 20, 2023

SVB’s investment bank gets a rebrand

A group led by SVB Securities CEO Jeff Leerink will buy the business from its bankrupt ex-parent company and rename it Leerink Partners.

By Dan Ennis • June 20, 2023

Customers Bank hires 30 Signature bankers, acquires $631M portfolio

The new team is expected to be onboarded in the next few weeks. The Pennsylvania bank bought the portfolio at approximately 85% of book value, it said.

By Dan Ennis • June 16, 2023

Regions customers get an extra day to avoid overdraft fees

The new enhancement will be effective from June 15 for all Regions consumer banking and private wealth management checking accounts.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 16, 2023

NFL gets $78M in loans from 16 nonwhite-owned banks

The deal will generate Tier 1 capital for the banks. Fees and interest garnered from the loan will strengthen the banks' lending power by millions of dollars, CNBC reported.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 15, 2023

Perella Weinberg’s cuts show it’s an employer’s market again

The boutique bank is cutting about 7% of its workforce to free up funds to hire top talent, Bloomberg reported. That's a far cry from January 2022, when banks were sweating first-year salaries.

By Dan Ennis • June 15, 2023

Wells Fargo CFO warns of commercial real estate weakness

Wells Fargo CFO Mike Santomassimo is the latest big-bank executive to detail commercial real estate distress and its potential impact on lenders.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 14, 2023

BNY Mellon, MoCaFi link up to bring digital payments to unbanked

The bank's treasury services clients will now be able to disburse payments to those without bank accounts through MoCaFi.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 14, 2023

HSBC sustainability exec takes sabbatical

The move comes less than a week after Goldman Sachs’ Platform Solutions chief, Stephanie Cohen, took a leave of absence.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 14, 2023

Bittrex to open for customer withdrawals

The U.S. arm of Bittrex Global filed for bankruptcy last month following regulatory enforcement.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 14, 2023

Citizens hires 50 ex-First Republic bankers in wealth-management buildout

The hires are meant to help Citizens establish a wider presence in metropolitan New York, Boston and Florida, and add new commercial banking capabilities on the West Coast.

By Dan Ennis • June 13, 2023

Credit Suisse CFO, others out as UBS deal closes

Roughly 20% of the 160 leadership positions at the combined bank are coming from Credit Suisse, a UBS spokesperson told Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Credit Suisse employees must adhere to a few new rules.

By Dan Ennis • June 12, 2023

After TD, First Horizon appears ready for its hot bank summer

Investor events for both banks this week indicate each is eyeing aggressive growth. If they were people, they might be checking each other’s social-media feeds and engaging in a relationship detox.

By Dan Ennis • June 9, 2023

Goldman Sachs exec Stephanie Cohen goes on leave

“I have made the decision that taking some time away from work to focus on my family is the best choice,” the Platform Solutions chief wrote in a memo Friday, according to reports.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 9, 2023

Climate First mulls Florida exit after anti-ESG bill passes

In response to the legislation, the bank nixed its exclusionary list, outlining the sectors with which it has said it won’t do business, such as the fossil-fuel sector or other extractive industries.

By Anna Hrushka • June 9, 2023

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan consider cutting ties with hedge fund

The move comes after the Financial Times published a report in which 13 women accused financier Crispin Odey of misconduct. The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority is investigating.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 8, 2023

Citizens to end car dealer financing business

The bank had $11.5 billion of auto loans outstanding as of March 31 — down 6.5% from the end of December, and 20.1% from March 31, 2022.

By Anna Hrushka • June 8, 2023

Morgan Stanley M&A chief to jump back to big law

Rob Kindler, a 17-year veteran of the bank who played crucial roles in the E*Trade and Eaton Vance acquisitions and the sale of a minority stake of Morgan Stanley to MUFG, will join law firm Paul Weiss after Labor Day.

By Dan Ennis • June 7, 2023

FTX’s legal team has its hands full

The bankrupt crypto exchange is fighting court battles on multiple fronts, and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys say the U.S. government is overdue to supply evidence in its case against him.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • June 7, 2023

Central bank role would make ex-First Republic exec’s career path make sense

Once the heir apparent at First Republic, Hafize Gaye Erkan stunned the bank by hopping to a client — then leaving that job three months later. But she didn't have to bow to JPMorgan.

By Dan Ennis • June 6, 2023

UBS could close Credit Suisse deal next week

The Swiss bank may delay its second-quarter results until the end of August to give investors a clearer update on its plans for Credit Suisse’s domestic business, the Financial Times reported.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • June 5, 2023