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Coliseum Capital Management takes stake in Sonos
The investment firm is monitoring the audio company's operations and strategic matters for potential extraordinary transactions.
BIS July Papers Trace How Financial Risk Travels
Six new BIS working papers this month examine how stress moves between sovereigns, banks, non-banks, currencies and firms.
ING Lending Growth Anchors Full-Year Banking Results
Commercial net interest income totaled €4.060 billion as the commercial margin stood at 2.26%.
HSBC Interest Income Rises as Margin Compression Reverses
Full-year net interest income rose $2.1 billion to $34.8 billion as the margin expanded 3 bps.
Capital One Net Interest Income Rises 37% to $42.9 Billion
The credit-card-focused bank expanded its net interest margin by 96 bps to 7.84% for the full year.
Citigroup Investment Banking Fees Jump 20% as Full-Year Profit Climbs
Citigroup's full-year 2025 net income rose to $14.3 billion on revenue of $85.2 billion, up from $12.7 billion on $80.7 billion in 2024, as Banking and Markets carried the result.
Santander Brasil’s Credit Costs Reverse as Loan Growth Slows
Loan-loss allowances worsened 8.9% to R$25.88 billion in 2025 as household and corporate stress increased.
Groupe BPCE Reports €2.8 Billion in Net Interest Income
Retail-network margin recovery supported €2.8 billion of net interest income in the first quarter of 2026.
BNP Paribas Revenues Rise 4.9% on CIB and IPS Growth
Full-year revenues reached €51,223 million as the integration of AXA IM boosted investment and financial services results.
Barclays UK NIM Expansion Drives Net Interest Income Toward 2026 Goal
Group net interest income outside the investment bank and head office climbed 12% to £3.4 billion, with management pointing to guidance of more than £13.5 billion for the year.
BBVA Lending Lifted Net Interest Income 13.9%
Full-year net interest income reached €26.28 billion as lending activity supported currency-adjusted growth.
Bank of America NII Rises 10% to $15.8 Billion
The largest U.S. bank by assets returned $8.4 billion to shareholders in the final period of 2025.
Amex Card Fee Revenue Hits 30th Straight Quarter of Double-Digit Growth
American Express said net card fee revenue climbed 14% to $117 per card in 2025, anchoring a 10% rise in total revenue to $72.2 billion.
Crédit Agricole Accelerates Retail Lending as French Margins Recover
French and Italian retail-banking loans rose 1.7% to €895 billion as funding costs eased.
Provident Financial's NIM Widens as Reserve Cushion Thins
Provident Financial Services (PFS) posted record net interest income of $202.7 million as its net interest margin expanded 8 bps to 3.48%, even as reserve coverage of non-performing loans fell to 134.87% from 235.61% at year-end.
Axos Loan Growth Slows, Deposits Jump on Jenius Deal, Credit Costs Ease
Net interest income rose 13.5% to $317.9 million at Axos Financial (AX) even as loan growth decelerated for a third straight quarter and CET1 slipped to 11.76%.
Santander, SocGen Both Lean on Disposals to Move the Numbers
Portfolio sales, not underlying business performance, drove the one-off capital and cost moves at both reporting global systemic banks this quarter.
Seacoast Banking Posts Record Loan Growth, Wider Core Margin
Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida reported second-quarter net income of $59.5 million, or $0.55 a share, up 87% from the first quarter as a securities-repositioning charge fell out of the base.
Merchants Bancorp Profit Doubles as Credit Losses Recede
Merchants Bancorp posted net income of $78.3 million in the second quarter, up 106% from a year earlier as provisions for credit losses fell 83%.
First Busey's Margin Cools as Deposits Surge, Buybacks Widen
First Busey's adjusted net interest margin slipped 2 basis points to 3.62% in the second quarter even as deposits grew at an 11% annualized clip and the bank leaned harder into share repurchases.
Policy Rates Diverge as the ECB Cuts and the Fed Holds
Two central banks moved in different directions in the same week, and the spread is now at its widest in two years.
Elevance Health Insiders Lead Weekly Buying Clusters
Concentrated open-market purchases emerged across six companies, led by a $1.4 million commitment at Elevance Health.
S&T Bancorp Profit Climbs as Loan Growth Offsets Deposit Runoff
S&T Bancorp (STBA) posted second-quarter net income of $36.6 million, or $1.02 a share, up 8.5% from the prior quarter as commercial lending expanded and margins widened.
Greene County Bancorp's Margin Widens to 2.86% as Loans Outrun Deposits
Net interest margin expanded 49 basis points to 2.86% at Greene County Bancorp, powering a third straight quarter of record net income even as deposit growth slowed to 2.8%.
Flagstar Ends Margin Expansion as Commercial Loans Grow
Net interest margin slipped 2 bps to 2.13% as lower asset yields outweighed cheaper funding.
Customers Bancorp Flags Second-Quarter NIM Trough
Net interest margin, tax equivalent, fell to 3.17% as the company said the quarter is expected to mark the low before a rebound to roughly first-quarter levels in the third quarter.
Volume Growth Carries Global Systemic Banks, Costs Split
Balance growth lifted eight of the season's eleven reporting global systemic banks, while a smaller cluster wrestled with rising costs and normalizing credit in the same breath.
QCR Holdings' LIHTC Pipeline Drives Fee Income as Balance Sheet Shrinks
QCR Holdings (QCRH) generated $26.1 million in capital markets revenue for the first half of 2026 even as total loans held near $7.0 billion following planned runoff and a wave of LIHTC securitizations.
Old National's Margin Pressure Eases as Loan Growth Reaccelerates
Old National Bancorp (ONB) held net interest margin nearly flat at 3.54% in the second quarter while period-end loans grew 8.3% annualized to $50.8 billion.
Huntington Grows Loans as Deposit Costs Pinch Margin
Net interest income rose 9% QoQ to $2.052 billion as loan growth outweighed modestly higher funding costs.
Fulton Financial's Margin Holds Up as Blue Foundry Deal Closes
Fulton Financial (FULT) grew net interest income to $284.3 million in the second quarter as the Blue Foundry Bancorp acquisition padded loan and deposit totals while organic commercial lending kept softening.
First Citizens Reverses First-Quarter Net Interest Income Drop
Net interest income rose $35 million to $1.66 billion in the second quarter after an $101 million sequential decline in the first quarter.
First BanCorp. Originations Reach $1.7 Billion as Loans Grow
Net interest margin widened 12 bps to 4.87% as Puerto Rico refinancings and securities redeployment lifted net interest income to $229.1 million.
Passive Ownership Shifts in Index Holdings
Recent data shows significant changes in the share of reported holdings held by passive funds.
Northern Trust Raises Dividend as Net Interest Income Climbs
The custody-and-asset-management franchise reported a 1.81% net interest margin and a 10% increase to its quarterly dividend.
SEC Presses Insurers and GM to Strip Non-GAAP Cushioning
Staff comment letters in June pushed Prudential to abandon a flagship adjusted-earnings metric and forced General Motors to simplify segment math, part of a broader crackdown on non-GAAP presentation.
KeyCorp Lifts Interest Income as Margin Gains Slow
Taxable-equivalent net interest income rose 2.3% sequentially to $1.258 billion.
Ally's Margin Widens as Auto Mix Shifts Toward Safer, Lower-Yield Loans
Net interest margin excluding core OID expanded 11 basis points to 3.63% in the second quarter as Ally Financial (ALLY) leaned harder into higher-credit-tier auto originations even as retail deposits shrank $2.6 billion.
Zions' Margin Holds at 3.27% as Credit Costs Collapse and Buybacks Resume
Zions Bancorporation (ZION) grew net interest income 4% YoY to $677 million in the second quarter as loan growth accelerated to an 8% annualized pace and the CET1 ratio climbed to an estimated 11.8%.
Bok Financial Net Income Rises to $176.5 Million
The regional bank reported a net income of $176.5 million for the second quarter of 2026.
Netskope and Gloo Lead Weekly Insider Buying Clusters
Six companies saw coordinated open-market purchases by executives and directors this week.
WaFd Holds Margin as Credit Provision Climbs
Net interest income rose 2% QoQ to $181.3 million as funding costs eased.
Regions Financial Loan Growth Accelerates as Deposit Costs Keep Falling
Regions Financial (RF) grew net interest income 2.3% to $1,277 million in the second quarter as average loans posted their fastest sequential growth in five quarters, even as net interest margin slipped 1 basis point to 3.66%.
Fifth Third Net Interest Income Rises 48% on Comerica Integration
Net interest margin expanded 24 basis points year-over-year to 3.36% as the bank integrated its latest acquisition.
Europe's Bank Margins Diverge as Returns Climb, Capital Slips
Europe's biggest banks are pulling in opposite directions on income and returns even as capital ratios thin out from Tokyo to Wall Street.
Hard Assets Draw Capital as Financing Costs Stay High
Long-duration property and infrastructure contracts are attracting fresh capital, while lenders are demanding rich returns and stronger collateral.
Citizens Sequential Fee Growth Rebounds After a First-Quarter Dip
Pre-provision net revenue reached $889 million as sequential NII growth accelerated to 4.4% and Capital Markets and Wealth fees hit records.
M&T Bank Net Interest Income Rises on Loan Growth
Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased 2% quarter-over-quarter to $1,804 million
First Horizon NIM Dips as Deposit Costs Rise
Net interest margin fell 3 bps to 3.49% in the second quarter as brokered deposit costs climbed.
First Bancorp NIM Expands 42 bps YoY as Deposit Costs Fall
The North Carolina community lender's net interest margin widened to 3.67% in the first quarter, its fifth consecutive quarterly expansion, as deposit costs dropped 18 basis points year over year.