Synchrony
Delinquency rates bounce back at top US lenders
Weaker 2022 loans, tougher collections and seasonal factors push past-due loans higher in Q3
US banks’ IRRBB transparency: one step forward, two steps back
A year on from the 2023 crisis, more lenders monitor EVE sensitivity, but full Basel-like disclosures remain the exception
Discover and Synchrony net charge-offs keep climbing higher
Bad loan write-offs projected to rise further in 2024 as credit quality deteriorates
PacWest leads banks on NII growth decline
Deutsche Bank bucks positive European trend while NatWest leads UK negative growth in Q3
Discover, Capital One credit card delinquencies surpass pre-pandemic levels
Seven credit card lenders see delinquency rates accelerate after slowing in Q2
Adjusted for AOCI, ratios at five regional banks fall short
Impact of reinclusion on CET1 capital ratio would trip up Truist, Ally and others
Some US banks defy yield uncertainty to grow AFS securities
Treasuries remain preferred buy, but regionals also pile into munis, MBS in Q2
US banks see net charge-offs up 21% in Q2
Synchrony and Discover lead rise, predicting rates might peak in 2024
Nine US banks could be caught by Fed’s revised market risk rule
Expansion of trading risk charges to banks above $100bn in assets would also affect firms with minimal trading activity
Five US banks would breach CET1 buffers on AFS loss reinclusion
Fed’s vice-chair proposal to scrap AOCI waiver would cripple KeyCorp the most
First Citizens leads regional bank rush for riskless assets
Share of 0% risk-weighted assets increases at small banks for first time in seven quarters
At US banks, share of HTM securities ticks up in Q1
Despite liquidity squeeze, regional banks increased proportion to a six-year high
US regionals remain laggards on EVE measure
Majority of lenders in Q1 did not report key metric that could have detected SVB’s risks
Synchrony and Discover lead US banks on rising net charge-offs
Executives expect trend to continue as credit normalisation proceeds apace
US banks report negative NII growth amid rising rates
Goldman, KeyCorp and Charles Schwab worst hit in Q1 as funding costs sap income growth
First Republic burned through short-term investments in 2022
Cash and securities maturing within a year went from over- to undermatching short-term funding liabilities
HTM securities hit $2.5trn at US banks in 2022
BofA, First Foundation and Wells Fargo reported largest share of HTM to total securities behind SVB
At regional US banks, BTFP-eligible securities top $300bn
Assets classified as held-to-maturity made up less than 19% of aggregate securities portfolios in 2022
Like SVB, five other US lenders saw negative NII growth in 2022
Ally, Customers, First Foundation, Morgan Stanley and PacWest were pressured by rising rates
TLAC rules no sweat for US regionals
Capital One and US Bancorp best placed to fund their balance sheets with long-term debt
Fed ‘tailoring’ led to larger, less capitalised regional US banks
Lenders freed from toughest requirements in 2018 grew balance sheets but saw capital ratios slip