UPDATE: This article includes quotes from Citizens’ second-quarter earnings call and an interview with CEO Bruce Van Saun. Citizens Financial Group is “reimagining” itself for the AI age, the company announced as it unveiled its second-quarter earnings. “We’ve commenced work on a project we are calling ‘Reimagining the Bank,’” CEO Bruce Van Saun said Thursday […]
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UPDATE: This story now includes quotes from M&T’s chief financial officer and commentary from an analyst who covers the bank. M&T Bank outperformed second-quarter expectations, driven by a spike in noninterest income. Noninterest income at the Buffalo, New York-based company rose by 17% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago.
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UPDATE: This article includes comments made during Bank of America’s earnings call and comments from an analyst’s note. Bank of America may find opportunities to make small, non-bank acquisitions, but for now it plans to keep directing excess capital into organic growth, CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday. The $2.4 trillion-asset financial giant — which, like
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UPDATE: This article now includes details from BNY’s earnings call and comments from CEO Robin Vince. The Bank of New York Mellon had plenty of updates to provide about its estimate-beating second quarter, but there was one topic on which the bank’s executives kept quiet. In recent weeks, reports have circulated that BNY has held
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Lower gain on sale margins at JPMorgan Chase could be a negative sign for independent mortgage banker results in the second quarter, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said. The drop in margins at both Chase and Wells Fargo came even as origination volume rebounded at both banks. It was up 44% from the first
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`UPDATE: This story now includes commentary from Wells Fargo executives and analysts. The regulatory shackles are off at Wells Fargo, but that new reality doesn’t necessarily mean that rapid growth is in the offing. Though the bank’s assets climbed above their longtime $1.95 trillion limit during the second quarter, Wells continues to be constrained by
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Mortgage veteran Glenn Stearns is taking a different approach with his latest venture. Kind Lending, a national wholesale mortgage lender and his second brainchild, is built on lean operations and a focus on efficiency — a contrast with his first company, Stearns Lending, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019. “This is not our
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Rocket Cos. is offering a combined $4 billion in senior notes to pay some of Mr. Cooper’s ten-figure debt in anticipation of the major acquisition. The Detroit-based fintech said Tuesday it wants to sell $2 billion of senior notes due 2030 and an additional $2 billion of senior notes due 2033, unconditionally guaranteed by Rocket
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Altisource Portfolio Solutions is doing a reverse split of outstanding common stock, effective Wednesday May 28, to regain market listing compliance. The Luxembourg-based company, known as the former servicing platform provider for Ocwen (which recently rebranded to Onity) is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Why Altisource is doing a reverse split On Dec.
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There is no doubt that CoStar Group threw everything it had into the 2024 launch of the revamped Homes.com. From Super Bowl ads that were part of the firm’s $1 billion marketing spend, to a reallocation of nearly all of its sales staff, Homes.com debuted with a bang. And then things kind of fizzled. Now,
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