Big Banks news and trends

Regulators Prepare to Ease Post-Financial Crisis Banking Rules
Bank Regulation // June 01, 2025

Regulators are reportedly preparing to loosen banking restrictions imposed following the 2008 financial crisis. As Politico reported Saturday (May 31), financial regulators are close to finishing a proposal that would scale back the rules on how much of a capital cushion big banks must maintain...

Consumer Resilience Buoys Big Banks, but CEOs Remain Cautious
Banking // April 16, 2025

In a quarter overshadowed by tariff discussions and global economic jitters, three of the nation’s largest financial institutions — PNC, Citigroup, and Bank of America — presented first-quarter earnings Tuesday (April 15) that pointed to both lingering uncertainties and resilient consumer spending. Analysts and investors...

Big Banks: Consumers Keep Spending Despite Tariff Worries
Economy // April 15, 2025

While Americans are worried about the economy, it hasn’t kept them from spending. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (April 15), Bank of America’s latest earnings report showed consumer spending increasing when tariff worries first appeared. This followed last week’s JPMorgan Chase earnings,...

Bank Bosses Reportedly Out of the Loop on Trump’s Tariffs
Economy // April 09, 2025

The heads of America’s biggest banks are reportedly disconnected from the White House’s tariff efforts. To illustrate this fact, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Wednesday (April 9) shared the story of a recent meeting in Washington D.C. attended by the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Wells...

Interviews & Exclusives
Consumer Resilience Buoys Big Banks, but CEOs Remain Cautious

April 16, 2025
In a quarter overshadowed by tariff discussions and global economic jitters, three of the nation’s largest financial institutions — PNC, Citigroup, and Bank of America — presented first-quarter earnings Tuesday (April 15) that pointed to both lingering uncertainties and resilient consumer spending. Analysts and investors were keenly focused on whether consumers would begin to show […]

Bank Earnings Continue to Demonstrate Digital Shift Also Includes Branches 

October 17, 2023
Earnings season is less than a week old. But with some of the largest names in the industry having already reported, the digital shift and mobile banking remain trends. In...

Quick Reads
Tariffs Drive Wedge Between Small Business and Big Tech

August 03, 2025
It was a strong quarter for America’s biggest companies — less so for many under-the-radar firms. That’s according to a report Saturday (Aug. 2) by the Financial Times (FT), which charts a divide between the likes of tech giants such as Apple and Microsoft and big banks like J.P. Morgan, and other parts of corporate […]

Regulators Prepare to Ease Post-Financial Crisis Banking Rules

June 01, 2025
Regulators are reportedly preparing to loosen banking restrictions imposed following the 2008 financial crisis. As Politico reported Saturday (May 31), financial regulators are close to finishing a proposal that would...

Big Banks: Consumers Keep Spending Despite Tariff Worries

April 15, 2025
While Americans are worried about the economy, it hasn’t kept them from spending. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (April 15), Bank of America’s latest earnings report showed...

Bank Bosses Reportedly Out of the Loop on Trump’s Tariffs

April 09, 2025
The heads of America’s biggest banks are reportedly disconnected from the White House’s tariff efforts. To illustrate this fact, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Wednesday (April 9) shared the story of...