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☆ China's Zeekr reveals wider loss, Beijing influence in US IPO paperwork
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Zeekr, owned by Chinese automaker Geely Auto (0175.HK), had confidentially filed for its initial public offering (IPO) in December last year. Didi had angered Chinese regulators by pushing ahead with its $4.4 billion New York listing despite being asked to put it on hold. For the six months ended June 30, the company reported a net loss of 3.87 billion Chinese yuan ($531.34 million), compared with 3.09 billion Chinese yuan a year earlier. It will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "ZK". ($1 = 7.2835 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Niket Nishant, Manya Saini, Jaiveer Shekhawat and Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Zeekr, Didi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Niket Nishant, Manya Saini, Jaiveer, Mehnaz Yasmin, Krishna Chandra Eluri, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Geely Auto, HK, Reuters, New York Stock Exchange, underwriters, Thomson Locations: Beijing, New York, U.S, York, China, Bengaluru

☆ Policymakers see darker days ahead in China as growth sputters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Divya Chowdhury | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MUMBAI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Policymakers expect persistently slower growth in China, perhaps even more sluggish than current consensus estimates, seeing its transition from an infrastructure- and investment-led economy to becoming consumption-driven as "difficult". "The inflation rate in China is around 0% - that means distortion of domestic demand and domestic supply," he said. This follows economic growth in 2022 recorded at one of its worst levels in nearly half a century. The Croatian central bank chief sees narrowing room for expansionary policies in China, adding, "We have to be careful." The RBNZ has already factored in "a pretty subdued period" for commodity prices within their projections, before they see them beginning to rise again, Hawkesby said.

Persons: Takahide Kiuchi, Goushi Kataoka, Boris Vujcic, Robert Holzmann, Christian Hawkesby, Hawkesby, Divya Chowdhury, Savio Shetty, Lisa Mattackal, Mehnaz Yasmin, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Former Bank of Japan, Reuters Global Markets, European Central Bank, ECB, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, China, Europe, Croatian, Austrian, United States, Mumbai, Bengaluru

☆ Euro zone growth risks materialising, warranting ECB caution: Centeno
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The ECB is debating whether to raise rates again in September to combat stubborn underlying price growth or pause given the weakening outlook that is now raising recession fears. "We need to be very cautious about our decisions, because a lot has been done," Centeno told the Reuters Global Markets Forum. "The labour market in Europe is performing in a novel way... I see a degree of flexibility in the European labour market that we were not used to see in the past," Centeno said. "This will ease wage pressures in our labour market, contrary to what we have [been used to] in the past."

Persons: Mario Centeno, Pedro Nunes, Centeno, Mehnaz Yasmin, Balazs Koranyi, Alison Williams, Mike Harrison Organizations: Bank of Portugal, European Central Bank, Bank of, REUTERS, Rights, ECB, Reuters Global Markets, Thomson Locations: Bank of Portugal, Carregado, Alenquer, Portugal, Europe

☆ US bank shares jump on interest income and deals optimism, but outlook mixed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The bank said it expects full year NII to be up about 8% at about $57 billion. The bank's full year NII outlook remains unchanged at 20% growth, Chief Financial Officer Dermot McDonogh told analysts. Overall, its profit slipped 18% in the second quarter as a fewer deals hurt investment banking revenues. Sluggish deals have been a sore spot across Wall Street with global investment banking activity plunging to $15.7 billion in the second quarter, the lowest since 2012, according to Dealogic. While investment banking and trading were also a drag on earnings for big banks on Friday, JPMorgan likewise said the bank was seeing “green shoots” in trading and investment banking.

Persons: Nacho, Morgan Stanley, BNY Mellon, Dermot McDonogh, Robert Pavlik, BNY, Morgan, JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab, Walt Bettinger, MS.N, Morgan Stanley's, Sharon Yeshaya, Goldman Sachs, Mehnaz Yasmin, Niket, Jaiveer, Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer, Lance Tupper, Johann Cherian, Michelle Price, Megan Davies, Nick Zieminski Organizations: of America, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, . Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Federal Reserve, Bank of, Wall, PNC Financial Services, Dakota Wealth, JPMorgan, Citigroup, PNC, Silicon Valley Bank, Reuters, Street, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Big U.S, NII, KBW, Wells Fargo, Silicon, Bengaluru

July 18 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's profit beat estimates as growth in its wealth management business offset lower trading revenue in the second quarter, and executives expressed optimism about the economic environment. Morgan Stanley (MS.N) shares rose more than 6%, shrugging off the 14% drop in profits. Excluding one-off items, Morgan Stanley earned $1.24 a share on revenue of $13.46 billion, comfortably beating estimates of $1.15 a share on $13.08 billion revenue, according to data from Refinitiv IBES. Still, "we expect investment banking to lead the recovery in the next quarter," she said. The Wall Street giant followed rivals including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup in reporting tepid trading results.

Persons: Morgan, Morgan Stanley, James Gorman, Brennan Hawken‎, Sharon Yeshaya, Morgan Stanley's, James Shanahan, Edward Jones, Gorman, Ted Pick, Andy Saperstein, Dan Simkowitz, Tatiana Bautzer, Mehnaz Yasmin, Niket, Lananh Nguyen, Arun Koyyur, Louise Heavens, Nick Zieminski Organizations: UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York, Bengaluru

☆ U.S. banks shares spark after interest income boost, but outlook mixed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File PhotoWASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Big U.S. banks on Tuesday said higher interest rates had helped boost profits in the second quarter, causing shares to spike, but a pullback in consumer spending, slower loan growth and increased deposit costs may cloud the outlook for the sector. Bank of America's net interest income (NII), which measures the difference between what banks earn on loans and pay out on deposits, rose 14% to $14.2 billion in the second quarter, helping it to beat Wall Street estimates. The bank said it expects full year NII to be up about 8% at about $57 billion. That has forced some banks to offer consumers higher returns to deter them from moving their deposits to competitors. Overall, the bank's profit slipped 18% in the second quarter as Wall Street's deal-making drought stunted revenue from investment banking, although investors were cheered by executives' positive outlook for M&A.

Persons: Nacho, BNY Mellon, Robert Pavlik, BNY, JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab, Morgan Stanley, MS.N, BofA, Mehnaz Yasmin, Niket, Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer, Lance Tupper, Johann Cherian, Michelle Price, Megan Davies, Nick Zieminski Organizations: of America, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Federal Reserve, Bank of, Wall, PNC Financial Services, Dakota Wealth, " Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, PNC, Silicon Valley Bank, Investment, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Big U.S, NII, KBW, Wells Fargo, Silicon, Bengaluru

☆ Morgan Stanley profit drops 18% as deal drought persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's (MS.N) profit slipped 18% in the second quarter as Wall Street's deal-making drought stunted revenue from investment banking. The bank's revenue from asset management slipped 2%. Morgan Stanley's revenue climbed 2% to $13.46 billion while expenses rose 8% to $10.48 billion. Profit applicable to common shareholders fell to $2.05 billion, or $1.24 per diluted share, the bank said on Tuesday. Shares of the investment bank were up 1.4% in premarket trading.

Persons: Morgan Stanley's, James Gorman, Morgan Stanley, Andy Saperstein, Tatiana Bautzer, Mehnaz Yasmin, Niket, Lananh Nguyen, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Thomson Locations: New York, Bengaluru

☆ Adtech firm Aleph withdraws IPO filing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Aleph Group Inc said on Tuesday it had filed to withdraw its IPO plans, citing "public interest and the protection of investors," more than a year after the digital advertising firm submitted paperwork to go public. Emerging markets-focused Aleph, which helps large digital platforms connect with advertisers and customers, counts Meta Platforms (META.O), Spotify Technology (SPOT.N) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O)-owned LinkedIn among its customers. Founded in 2005 as IMS Internet Media Services, Aleph was valued at $2 billion in 2021 after private equity firm CVC Capital Partners bought a stake worth $470 million. U.S. initial public offerings have seen a recent spurt after more than a year of lull as hefty interest rate hikes and worries of a recession dented investor appetite for new listings. Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mehnaz Yasmin, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: Spotify Technology, Microsoft Corp, IMS Internet Media, Capital Partners, U.S, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Citigroup profit drops 36% as trading slump casts cloud over earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 14 (Reuters) - Citigroup's (C.N) profit tumbled 36% in the second quarter as weakness in the Wall Street bank's trading business blunted gains from its personal banking and wealth management unit. Wall Street traders have hit a rough patch, joining investment bankers whose businesses have been weighed down for months by a slump in dealmaking. While its Wall Street operations dragged, the lender's consumer business helped partly offset some of the weakness. Revenue from its personal banking and wealth management division climbed 6% to $6.4 billion, including an 8% gain for branded cards to $2.4 billion. Net income sank to $2.92 billion, or $1.33 per share, in the three months to June 30, the bank reported on Friday.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Wells, Mehnaz Yasmin, Sriraj Kalluvila, Lananh Nguyen Organizations: Wall, JPMorgan, First Republic Bank, Thomson Locations: dealmaking, Bengaluru

☆ U.S. banks point to resilient but slowing economy, flag risks ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. consumers still have a healthy balance sheet, the banks said, but warned spending was slowing and there had been a modest deterioration in some consumer debt. "The U.S. economy continues to be resilient," JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said. Investors have worried that high interest rates could push the economy into a recession, but the outlook remains uncertain. Wells CEO Charlie Scharf said the range of scenarios for the economy should narrow over the next few quarters. For now, the economy is performing better than many expected but will likely continue slowing.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo WFC.N, Wells, Jamie Dimon, Jeremy Barnum, Charlie Scharf, Larry Fink, Wells Fargo, Scharf, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Niket Nishant, Noor Zainab Hussain, Mehnaz Yasmin, Manya, Nupur Anand, Saeed Azhar, Megan Davies, Paritosh Bansal, Nick Zieminski Organizations: JPMorgan, Citigroup, Citi, Federal Reserve, CNBC, Wells, Bank of America, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: Wells, U.S, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Visa to acquire Brazilian fintech Pismo for $1 billion in cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 28 (Reuters) - Payments giant Visa Inc (V.N) said on Wednesday it would acquire Brazilian fintech platform Pismo for $1 billion in cash to expand its footprint in Latin America as the region continues to attract scores of foreign investments. The consolidation also expands Sao Paulo-based Pismo's offerings. It provides technology through which clients can issue Visa and Mastercard (MA.N) cards. Pismo's cloud-based platform for financial institutions hosts more than 70 million accounts and transacts more than $200 billion a year. Reporting by Jaiveer Shekhawat and Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jaiveer Shekhawat, Mehnaz Yasmin, Maju Samuel Organizations: Visa Inc, Brazilian, Visa, Mastercard, Thomson Locations: America, Sao Paulo, Bengaluru

☆ Binance plans to swap 750 million of token pairs to ensure liquidity
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 12 (Reuters) - Binance said in a tweet on Monday it would swap 750 million tether-tron token pairs for tether-ether in an attempt to maintain the stablecoin's liquidity. The move comes amid renewed regulatory scrutiny at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange and will help cushion some of the fallout from recent blows, including Binance being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The swap, set to start after 12 p.m. UTC on Monday, will be held directly with the tether team, the tweet said. Tron is the ninth largest cryptocurrency with a $6.3 billion market value, while ether is the largest after bitcoin, with its $210 billion market capitalization. A month later the U.S. arm of Binance said it would remove digital asset token tron from its trading platform.

Persons: Binance, Changpeng Zhao, Zhao, Justin Sun, Mehnaz Yasmin, Medha Singh Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S ., SEC, U.S, Binance, Tron Foundation, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Tingo hires law firm to conduct independent review after Hindenburg's claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 8 (Reuters) - Tingo Group said on Thursday it had hired law firm White & Case LLP to conduct an independent review after short-seller Hindenburg Research earlier this week alleged that the fintech firm had "fabricated" its financials. The company, which has refuted the allegations of misrepresentation and tax delinquency outlined in the report, said it will make no further comment until the review was complete. "Prior to today's appointment of White & Case LLP, the Company had commenced its own review to confirm, among other things, the number of farmers on Tingo Mobile and the Nwassa platform, the relationships with its contracted cooperatives, the relationship with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, and the Company's cash balances," Tingo said. The company is Hindenburg's fourth target this year, after Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Jack Dorsey-led Block Inc (SQ.N) and Carl Icahn's flagship Icahn Enterprises (IEP.O). Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dozy Mmobuosi's, Tingo, Jack Dorsey, Carl Icahn's, Mehnaz Yasmin, Shinjini Organizations: Tingo, White, Hindenburg, Case, Company, Tingo Mobile, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Adani Group, Inc, Icahn Enterprises, Thomson Locations: The New Jersey, Africa, Southeast Asia, Nigeria, Bengaluru

☆ Fintech Tingo's shares slump as short-seller Hindenburg takes aim
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 6 (Reuters) - Tingo Group (TIO.O) shares halved in value on Tuesday after short-seller Hindenburg Research criticized its founder and alleged that the fintech firm had "fabricated" its financials. Hindenburg also said Tingo was an "exceptionally obvious scam" and called out founder Dozy Mmobuosi's claims of having developed "the first mobile payment app in Nigeria". The New Jersey-based holding company, whose shares shed more than 59% to $1.04, operates in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Shares of IEP have erased a fifth of their value after Hindenburg accused the company of overvaluing its holdings and relying on a "Ponzi-like" structure to pay dividends. Conglomerate Adani's market value took a $100 billion hit after the short-seller accused it of improper use of offshore tax havens.

Persons: Hindenburg, Tingo, Dozy Mmobuosi's, Dozy Mmobuosi, Jack Dorsey, Carl Icahn's, Mehnaz Yasmin, Anil D'Silva Organizations: Tingo, Hindenburg Research, Reuters, Adani Group, Inc, Icahn Enterprises, Thomson Locations: Nigeria, New Jersey, Africa, Southeast Asia, Bengaluru

☆ U.S. banks sink on concerns about office real estate loans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Sinéad Carew | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Investors worried about potential losses among banks from office real estate loans after comments from executives, including Wells Fargo & Co's (WFC.N) Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf and Blackstone President Jonathan Gray at a Sanford C Bernstein investor conference. Meanwhile, Blackstone's Gray talked about "unprecedented weakness" in older office buildings while noting that this segment currently makes up less than 2% of company's equity portfolio in real estate. Rick Meckler, partner, Cherry Lane Investments, a family investment office in New Vernon, New Jersey said "continued concern over loans made to the office market," was hurting bank stocks broadly on Wednesday, citing the Wells Fargo comments. "The implication is that there are those that will suffer even if Wells Fargo is diversified enough," Meckler said. KeyCorp, down 5.5%, was the biggest decliner in the S&P bank index, and Zions was next, down 4.9%.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Wells, Charlie Scharf, Blackstone, Jonathan Gray, Sanford C, Wells Fargo's Scharf, Blackstone's Gray, Gray, Bernstein, Rick Meckler, Meckler, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Zions, Sinéad Carew, Mehnaz Yasmin, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Citibank, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Banks, Investors, Buyers, Cherry Lane Investments, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase &, Bank of America, Citizens Financial, Western Alliance Bancorp, PacWest Bancorp, Comerica, PNC Financial Services, Fifth Third Bancorp, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, New Vernon , New Jersey, New York, Bengaluru

☆ JPMorgan expects $3 bln income boost from First Republic deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's (JPM.N) net interest income would rise by $3 billion this year due to its purchase of failed First Republic Bank, according to a presentation published ahead of its investor day on Monday. The largest U.S. lender agreed to take into its books $173 billion of the failed bank's loans, $30 billion of securities and $92 billion of deposits after First Republic was shuttered by authorities earlier this month. The Wall Street giant is in the process of integrating First Republic, which will likely take about 12 months. First Republic was the third U.S. regional lender to fail since March in a sector-wide upheaval that roiled financial stocks, deepened worries of a crisis and heaped pressure on mid-sized banks. Reporting by Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen in New York and Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb ChakrabartyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ PacWest Bancorp to sell real estate loans to Kennedy-Wilson subsidiary
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

May 22 (Reuters) - Regional lender PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) said on Monday it entered into an agreement to sell a portfolio of 74 real estate construction loans with an aggregate principal balance of around $2.6 billion currently outstanding to a subsidiary of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (KW.N). PacWest said in a filing it will also sell an additional six real estate construction loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $363 million to Kennedy-Wilson. The transaction is expected to close in multiple tranches during the second quarter and early part of the third quarter of 2023. Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Canadian banks see earnings risk from commercial property loans, TD in focus
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Nivedita Balu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canadian banks are expected to report a rise in bad debt provisions and highlight risks from commercial property loans when they report earnings this week, with the country's No.2 bank TD (TD.TO) in focus after its acquisition of First Horizon (FHN.N) failed. Bay Street analysts have lowered their second quarter earnings expectations for Canadian banks, anticipating higher expenses and slowing loan growth as turmoil south of the border weighs on the broader banking sector. Still, investors view Canadian banks as safer bets than their U.S. counterparts due to their strong capital levels. BMO and Scotia Bank (BNS.TO) are due to report earnings on Wednesday, while TD, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) and Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) report on Thursday. Canadian bank stocks have largely underperformed TSX Canadian bank stocks have largely underperformed TSXEmpty offices in big cities have raised concerns among investors about banks' commercial property loan exposure, since about 10% of the lending portfolio of the Big-6 banks is tied to commercial real estate.

☆ Crypto exchange Coinbase posts smaller first-quarter loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 4 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter loss on Thursday after investors tiptoed back to the strained asset class to hedge their bets against a worsening economic backdrop. The San Francisco-based company's net loss narrowed to $78.9 million in the three months ended March, from $429.7 million in the year-ago quarter. On a per share basis, the company reported a loss of 34 cents a share, while analysts estimated a loss of $1.35 a share, sending its shares up nearly 7% in extended trading. Coinbase's shares, which lost 85% in 2022, rose nearly 40% this year up to Thursday's close as cryptocurrencies gain some ground. "This is the fourth crypto cycle that Coinbase has been through and we've emerged stronger after each one," Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said.

☆ Icahn Enterprises to give $2 per depositary unit days after Hindenburg report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 4 (Reuters) - Icahn Enterprises (IEP.O) said on Thursday it was planning to distribute $2 per depositary unit for the quarter ended March 31, days after short seller Hindenburg's report sent the investment firm's shares to more than a-decade low. Its shares rose 6% after the bell as the company said the declaration of the depositary unit was ahead of schedule due to the inquiries following the report. "We would like to reassure our long-term unitholders that the market disruption caused by the self-serving Hindenburg report does not affect IEP's liquidity," said Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor and chairman of Icahn Enterprises. Icahn said he disagrees with "the inflammatory assertions" in the Hindenburg report and intend to respond at "length – and to vigorously defend IEP and its unitholders". Hindenburg did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

☆ MetLife profit drops as economic worries hurt investment income
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 3 (Reuters) - MetLife Inc's (MET.N) first-quarter profit missed Wall street estimates on Wednesday as growing economic uncertainty hurt the insurer's investment income, sending its shares down 2% in extended trading. Adjusted net investment income fell 8% to $4.6 billion in a quarter marred by a string of high-profile bank collapses that roiled financial stocks. "We remain focused on managing risk across economic cycles and controlling what we can to deliver for our shareholders and our stakeholders," Khalaf said. Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues - excluding pension risk transfers (PRT) at MetLife - rose 3% to $11.54 billion. Rival insurer Prudential Financial Inc (PRU.N) had reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday due to a decline in its assets under management.

☆ PNC promises up to $15 bln in short-term debt to provide additional liquidity
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 2 (Reuters) - PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC.N) said on Tuesday the parent company and its banking unit can offer up to $15 billion of its commercial paper to provide additional liquidity. No commercial paper has been issued as of March 31, the filing said. Commercial paper is an unsecured debt instrument issued by companies to finance short-term needs such as inventories and payroll. The company's liquidity coverage ratio for the first quarter was 108%, exceeding its regulatory minimum requirement, it said. Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Several analysts, industry executives and investors said they believe the March banking crisis has set conditions for a long-predicted round of industry consolidation to finally happen. We've also been approached by some big bulge bracket banks that are also looking to acquire the regional banks." Some bank deals have been stuck for months waiting for approvals. And Monday's deal shows larger banks with deeper pockets are better placed than mid-sized lenders, according to Jefferies analysts. "This may have precluded other regional bank bidders from making the math work as well as it does for JPM," they wrote.

☆ Capital One posts worse-than-feared quarterly profit on provisions
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 27 (Reuters) - Consumer lender Capital One Financial Corp's (COF.N) first-quarter profit missed estimates on Thursday due to an increase in provisions that reduced gains from interest rate hikes. The Federal Reserve's rate hikes to tame soaring inflation since the past year benefited lenders as they charged higher interest from borrowers. Still the rate hikes left the economy reeling from higher costs of borrowing and saw banks stockpile rainy day funds to prepare for soured loans. Capital One shares are up 3.6% so far this year but fell 4.9% to $91.3 in extended trading on Thursday. Net profit more than halved to $960 million, or $2.31 a share, for the first quarter, from $2.40 billion or $5.62 a share, a year go.

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