When Michael Hsu became acting U.S. Comptroller of the Currency earlier this month, banking industry experts predicted a shift away from the aggressive innovation pushed by fintech-friendly Brian Brooks, who resigned as the...more
What can we really say about 2020?—a year more unique than any year we can remember. For financial institutions, it was a year that started off with lots of hope and drifted into levels of significant concern as COVID-19 took...more
Although it was very quiet on the western front (in particular, in California), 2019 was generally a solid year for banks pursuing merger and acquisition opportunities and accessing the capital markets. Some forthcoming...more
Aiming to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures that registrants are required to make pursuant to Regulation S-K, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed a...more
2018 was generally a solid year for banks looking at merger and acquisition opportunities and reaching for the capital markets, but there are some headwinds in 2019 that give us pause about what the future holds. Below we...more
2017 was a great year for banks across a wide spectrum, and we believe 2018 holds tremendous promise, so long as the credit condition of borrowers does not deteriorate and banks continue to lend prudently. Below we count down...more