July 19 (Reuters) - M&T Bank Corporation (MTB.N) beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Wednesday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve's rapid rate hikes to tame inflation boosted the lender's interest income.
Most consumer-facing lenders have tapped higher rates to charge more interest on their loans and credit card debt, with M&T's upbeat results echoing larger rivals JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N).
M&T's net interest income surged 27% to $1.81 billion, helping the bank report an adjusted profit of $4.11 per share, above analysts' average estimates of $4.04 per share, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
Still, banks have been slow to pass on high interest rates to their deposit holders, driving a shift to higher-yielding assets such as money market funds.
Net income available to common shareholders in the quarter was $841 million, or $5.05 per share, compared with $192 million, or $1.08 per share, a year earlier.
Persons:
Manya Saini, Devika
Organizations:
T Bank Corporation, U.S, U.S . Federal, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Thomson
Locations:
U.S ., Wells Fargo, U.S, Bengaluru