Jul 17, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Stockpile Cash to Prepare for Wave of Coronavirus Loan Defaults Some of the largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., and Wells Fargo, are choosing to stow away billions of dollars to prepare for future defaults and other loan...
Jun 22, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
World Bank Predicts Worst Global Economic Downturn Since 1940s Earlier this month, the World Bank released an updated “Global Economic Prospects” report predicting, among other things, that millions of people around the world would shift into extreme poverty due to...
Jun 15, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
New York Fed Says Consumers Were More Optimistic About Economy in May According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Survey of Consumer Expectations for May 2020, Americans grew more optimistic about the state of the economy compared to April. However,...
Jun 10, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
U.S. Economy Officially Enters Recession as of February In February 2020, the United States economy entered its first recession in 11 years as a result of the widespread business shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report issued this week by the...
Jun 8, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Banks Collected $11 Billion in Overdraft Fees in 2019 Banks last year collected $11.68 billion from customer accounts in overdraft fees, according to new research released last week by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), an advocacy group focused on financial...
Jun 5, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
Acting OCC Head Calls for Ending Coronavirus-Related Shutdowns to Boost Economy Brian Brooks, who became acting Comptroller of the Currency after former Comptroller Joseph Otting stepped down last week, has called for states to end the shutdown orders that were put in...