U S Bancorp news and trends

What Earnings Season Reveals About the B2B Payments Opportunity
B2B Payments // January 31, 2025

It’s a new year, and that means it’s a new quarter. One that could signal a new era of digital transformation for B2B payments. Across earnings calls and investor discussions, executives from major players in financial services and FinTech consistently pointed to a rising appetite...

US Bancorp Promotes President Gunjan Kedia to CEO Post
Personnel // January 29, 2025

U.S. Bancorp has chosen its new CEO from within its ranks. Gunjan Kedia, the Minneapolis-based lender’s president, will become its new chief executive following its April 15 shareholders meeting, U.S. Bancorp announced Wednesday (Jan. 29). Kedia has also been elected to the U.S. Bancorp board,...

US Bancorp Anticipates Fee-Based Momentum After Year of ‘Uncertainty’
Earnings // January 16, 2025

U.S. Bancorp’s most recent quarter took note of changing dynamics in deposit activity, growth in card loans, and momentum in its payments-related business lines that should last through the current year, according to management commentary Thursday (Jan. 16). Earnings materials show credit card loans were...

US Bancorp Card Net Charge-Off Rate Hits 4.2%
Earnings // April 17, 2024

U.S. Bancorp said in its latest earnings report that consumers are continuing to boost their credit card loans – and though charge-offs have increased, credit quality has remained strong. Credit card loans in the quarter were $28 billion, adding more than 9% year over year,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks Out to Challenge Big Tech in Brewing Digital Wallet War

February 13, 2023
With digital wallets now being used more after a years-long ramp-up, there’s a new battle brewing over which wallets consumers both know and trust with their payment credentials. Big Tech pulled ahead with Apple Pay and Google Pay installed and ready to use on smartphones essentially out of the box. But banks are no longer […]

Middle-Market Companies Seek Simple Solutions to Complex Business Payments Problems

December 13, 2021
Crises motivate people, companies, and even entire ecosystems to action. Shailesh Kotwal, vice chair of payment services at U.S. Bancorp (parent company of U.S. Bank), told Karen Webster smaller and...

Quick Reads
US Bancorp Promotes President Gunjan Kedia to CEO Post

January 29, 2025
U.S. Bancorp has chosen its new CEO from within its ranks. Gunjan Kedia, the Minneapolis-based lender’s president, will become its new chief executive following its April 15 shareholders meeting, U.S. Bancorp announced Wednesday (Jan. 29). Kedia has also been elected to the U.S. Bancorp board, with current CEO Andy Cecere serving as executive chairman. “One […]

US Bancorp Interest Income Dips as Customer Caution Continues

April 17, 2024
U.S. Bancorp is forecasting a decline in net interest income for this year.  In announcing its earnings Wednesday (April 17), the lender said it anticipates net interest income (NII) of $16.1...

OCC Says US Bancorp Can Buy MUFG Union Bank

October 14, 2022
The merger of San Francisco-based MUFG Union Bank, National Association into U.S. Bank, National Association has been conditionally approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The...

Congress Calls Bank CEOs to Capitol Hill for Consumer, Compliance Hearings

September 19, 2022
The leaders of the country’s seven biggest commercial financial institutions will head to Washington, D.C., this week to face two Congressional hearings to review consumer protection and compliance issues, enforcement...