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Yizhu Wang is a senior reporter covering financial technology sectors including digital banking and wealth management, payments, capital markets technology and cryptocurrencies.Full Bio
Oct 2024
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Large regional banks prudent on capital even with record high levels

Additional interest rate cuts will reduce the strain of unrealized losses and bring greater balance sheet flexibility to regional banks, which are sitting on record-high capital levels. For the second quarter of 2024, large regional banks' aggregate c ommon equity Tier 1 ( CET1) ratio exceeded 13% for the first time since 2015, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market In...

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    Sep 2024
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    Fintechs mull bank charters as regulatory pressure on partnerships ramps up

    Financial technology companies are increasingly looking into the possibility of getting bank charters, though few have actually taken the plunge. Heightened regulatory scrutiny in banking-as-a-service (Baas) has fintechs taking fresh stock of their reliance on bank partners. However, if deploying deposits for lending is not core to their business models, fintechs have tended to...

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      Apr 2024
      News

      Republic First becomes the 6th largest bank failure since 2010

      Beleaguered Republic First Bancorp Inc. became the first bank failure of 2024 after asset seizures reached a record high in 2023. The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities closed the Philadelphia -based company's bank subsidiary April 26 and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver. The FDIC entered into an agreement in which Fulton Financial Corp. ...

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