Banking

Advisor Upside

Why Wells Fargo Is Tapping Into Banking Customers

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Wells Fargo Advisors is hoping it can cross-sell products to customers in other business lines, specifically banking customers.

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Banking

AllianceBernstein to Sue Switzerland Over $17 Billion Credit Suisse Debt Writedown

A major American institutional investor is planning to join a lawsuit that says Switzerland’s time to pay up is long overdue.

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Banking

Wells Fargo’s Costly Asset Cap Likely to Be Lifted in 2025

America’s fourth largest bank has been barred by US regulators from adding assets to its balance sheet since 2018.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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Banking

Wall Street’s Trading Assets Cross $1 Trillion

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It’s got to be at least a yellow flag whenever 2008 — the height of the Great Recession — is your point of reference, no?

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Banking

HSBC Announces Dramatic Makeover That Splits Lender East and West

HSBC announced a restructuring that will cut costs and, if all goes as planned, ease increasingly tense geopolitical relations.

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Advisor Upside

Big Brokers Beat Estimates in Strong Start to Earnings Season

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, among other banks and asset managers, beat analysts’ expectations in the third quarter.

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Banking

TD Bank Accepts Cap on US Growth, $3 Billion in Penalties After Failing to Monitor Money Laundering

TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit money laundering for criminal groups, including global drug cartels.

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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Patent Could Add Guardrails to AI in Banking

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Given that AI systems can’t always be totally accurate, observing when they make mistakes could mitigate a lot of harm.

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Banking

Regulators Point the Finger at Banks for Overdraft Fees, Fintech Records

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Two US financial regulators told banks Tuesday to step up protections for consumers: for overdraft fees and tracking fintechs.

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