Risk Quantum/Capital One
Mid-sized US banks set aside less for credit losses in Q4
Aggregate provision for credit losses at Truist, Capital One, PNC and US Bancorp more than doubled in 2020
Capital One’s oil and gas portfolio shrank 27% in 2020
Net charge-offs for Q4 2020 hit 9.4%
Systemic US banks shifted assets to buy-to-hold pens in Q3
JP Morgan almost doubled its held-to-maturity portfolio last quarter
PNC to be king of US regional banks after BBVA tie-up
Merger unlikely to tip PNC into too-big-to-fail category
Level 3 assets fell at top US banks in Q2
Mark-to-model instruments disclosed by banks over $100 billion in size contracted 4%
Discover, Capital One loans ravaged by Fed stress test
Credit card losses especially pronounced among regional US lenders
US regional banks put $18bn aside for credit losses in Q1
Huntington, Citizens, Truist saw provisions increase over 400% on Q4 2019
Capital One triples loss allowances for oil and gas loans
Loss reserves up to almost 10% of total exposure
Wells Fargo led top US banks on CMBS risk in 2019
Commercial mortgage-backed securitisations are struggling amid Covid-19 crisis
Systemic banks could free $156bn of capital after Fed plea
Banks asked to use management buffers to support economy in combating coronavirus
At US banks, CECL effects differ wildly
Truist bank sees reserves leap +150%; average increase is +50%
CECL drains $2.9bn from Capital One’s CET1
Core capital ratio to fall 16 basis points following switch to new accounting standard