Risk Quantum/Capital One
Credit card rate cap would cut NII by over 40% at top lenders
Synchrony, Capital One and Amex face steep losses under Trump’s proposed 10% ceiling
Capital One books $8bn in reserves post Discover deal
Highest provision in over a decade behind first loss since Covid-19
Seven banks fall short of full capital buffers in DFAST 2025
DB USA posts largest gap, with four G-Sibs also dipping below their full requirements
Fed’s proposed SCB tweak would free $20bn of capital at US banks
Averaging of stress test-based inputs over two years would reduce current add-ons by up to 60bp
Capital One, UBS Americas drive SVAR window adjustments in 2024
Bank duo responsible for over half of all lookback period changes across US banks
US banks’ unrealised losses surge by $33bn in Q4
Led by JPM, Wells Fargo and Capital One, every major bank reported higher losses in AOCI, in reversal of previous quarter’s recovery
Capital One’s CRE charge-offs creep back up
Office property segment pummelled hardest, as charge-off rates increase twelvefold in Q4
Global banks boost Level 3 assets to new highs
European lenders and UBS-Credit Suisse merger fuelled rise in hard-to-value instruments in 2023
Fourteen US banks poised to benefit from curtailed market risk rule
Fed’s changes to Basel III endgame proposal would keep regional banks with limited trading activity exempt from costly FRTB requirements