In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, a strange thing happened: America’s largest bank made lower profits than it did a year ago, before the epidemic hit the economy. Taken together, the third quarter results of both banks show that business and consumers have been surprisingly good in the month, …
Read More »Regulators have fined Citigroup 400 400 million over ‘serious ongoing deficiencies’
Citigroup was fined by federal banking regulators on Wednesday Inc. C 0.97% Million 400 million and ordered the country’s third-largest bank to improve its risk-management systems, citing “significant ongoing shortcomings.” The consent order, approved by the board of New York Bank, blamed Citigroup for a reduction in “various areas of …
Read More »Ketamine injected during arrests raises new controls
DENVER – Police arrested Elijah McClain on a street in downtown Denver last year after she suspected the young Black man. He was thrown into a chokehold, threatened with a dog and stun gun, and then subjected to another tool for enforcement before he died: a drug called ketamine. Paramedics …
Read More »Soros charges to banks, cloud-based software companies
Billionaire George Soros showed interest in large banks and cloud computing companies in the second quarter, according to a submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the quarter ended June 30, Soros Fund Management added a new 1.2 million stake in Bank of America Corp. BAC, + 0.45%, a …
Read More »Wells Fargo Stock has been hit. It could be a purchase.
Text size Peter Foley / Bloomberg Bigger banks have reported profits, and investors can be forgiven if they are unsure where the opportunities are now. The answer may lie in how much uncertainty they are willing to accept. Analysts warned that the quarter would be “sloppy” and “confusing,” and banks …
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