Banking

Banking

Big Banks Rethink Business Divisions New and Old

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Banking

Wall Street Takes Back Equity Underwriting Top Spots

American firms like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have clawed their way back to the top of the global equity underwriting rankings.

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Artificial Intelligence

The SEC Probes AI Use at Investment Advisory Firms

As the world of high finance ushers in an era of AI, the SEC has begun investigating how investment advisory firms use the technology.

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Regulation

Washington Wants More Rules, Bankers Have Concerns

Top bosses from eight major financial institutions appeared before a Senate committee to give their opinion on looming banking reforms.

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Banking

Barclays Wants to Ditch Thousands of its Clients

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Barclays is considering a Marie Kondo approach to its investment banking business, potentially dropping thousands of clients.

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Banking

Wells Fargo Branches Join America’s Union Push

Workers at two Wells Fargo locations launched efforts to unionize this week, marking a rare unionization effort in the banking world.

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Banking

Wells Fargo Gets Called Out for Lax Crime Prevention

Watchdogs have been badgering Wells Fargo about its lackadaisical approach to monitoring and preventing financial crimes.

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Banking

Banking’s Fantastic Four Grab a Bigger Share of Industry Profits

Of the roughly 4,400 operating banks in the US, nearly half of all banking profits in the third quarter came from just four.

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Power Corridor

Fed’s Tea Leaves Get Murkier

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The U.S. Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady Wednesday, but the economy is still scorching – beating expectations in September – while American consumers continue to buy up a storm, charging their credit cards as…

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Banking

Low Deal Flow Means Lower Bonuses for Wall Street

After 10 months of slower-than-anticipated deal flow, bankers are expecting less-than-stellar year-end holiday bonuses.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Gets Into the Geopolitical Advice Game

Goldman Sachs is launching a sort of geopolitics-slash-technology research arm to advise clients who get anxious when they turn the news on.

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Banking

UK Abolishes Cap on Bankers’ Bonuses

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday that it’s ending a cap on bonuses for bankers that’s been in place since 2014.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Sees Profits Plummets Amid Consumer Pivot

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Goldman Sachs saw its profits slump 33% in its latest quarter, as the bank continues retreating from the consumer banking sector.

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Power Corridor

Life After Epstein at America’s Top Bank

JP Morgan, the largest bank in America, with more than $3 trillion in assets, settles all Epstein lawsuits.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Wall Street’s Top Banks Fined $53 Million in Regulatory Spanking

Wall Street’s Top Banks Fined – CFTC ordered Goldman to pay $30 million, JP Morgan $15 million, and Bank of America $8 million.

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Banking

Solaris Can’t Raise Funds Fast Enough

Solaris was once a rising star in the fintech world. Now its sweating to raise 100 million euros to fund a major client project.

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