After notching a big gain, MVB repositions its bond book
The Fairmont, West Virginia, bank is taking a $7.6 million hit to rid itself of $73 million in long-duration, low-yielding securities, though the sale of its payments subsidiary the week before cushions the blow.
Exclusive: Waters presses bank regulators on shutdown relief
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asked bank regulators to give banks the supervisory clearance to extend lines of credit and modify loan terms for federal employees furloughed after the government shut down last week.
FDIC Board of Directors Meeting
BOARD MEETING | OCTOBER 7, 2025 FDIC Board of Directors Meeting Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors met in open and closed sessions. Materials and information relative to the open Board actions are available on the Board Matters webpage. Items Addressed in Open Session: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Unsafe or Unsound Practices, […]
The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 20, Julieann Thurlow, Reading Cooperative Bank
Thurlow led the Massachusetts-based mutual bank through a merger that increased its asset size by nearly 40% while serving as the chair of the ABA last year.
Miran cites ‘critical importance’ of Fed independence
Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran sidestepped whether policy setting pressure from the administration is a welcomed development, but reiterated that he wants to avoid succumbing to “groupthink.”
FDIC eyes narrower supervision, dropping ‘reputation risk’
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved proposals Tuesday that would define “unsafe or unsound practices” and ban the use of “reputation risk” in supervisory exams.
The history of US banking is a story of innovation and reinvention
The demise of the banking industry in the U.S. has been incorrectly predicted for generations. The truth is that the industry never dies, because it never stands still.
The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 19, Jill Gateman, TD Bank
Commercial banking’s underserved segments—the upper middle market, for one—are creating new pathways for TD, and Gateman is running the ball.
The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 7, Holly O’Neill, Bank of America
In a career spanning three decades at Bank of America, O’Neill has risen from trainee to the head of all consumer banking. In the near term, she plans to open more branches and make better use of AI.
The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 3, Marianne Lake, JPMorganChase
The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 3, Marianne Lake, JPMorganChase