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January

15
2024
Compliance

Daily Decision Recap: Reg F, Validation Notice, and More

Each week, ACA International’s compliance team covers relevant case summaries for ACA members. Here’s a rundown of recent top FCRA, TCPA and FDCPA cases we’ve covered.

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January

15
2024
Trends

Flagging loan margins, one-off charges drag down profit at major US banks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. banks reported lower profits on Friday in a choppy fourth quarter clouded by special charges and job cuts, with signs an income boost from high interest rates is waning and some consumer loans are starting to sour.

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January

15
2024
Trends

US Banking Giants Shed Over 17,000 Employees in Turbulent Year

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup reduced their workforces by a combined 17,700 last year, the banking giants reported in their fourth-quarter earnings on Friday.

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January

15
2024
Trends

Americans are missing credit card payments at the highest rate in a decade

A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found credit-card delinquency rates have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with the share of balances 30 days past due hovering at the highest mark since late 2012.

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January

12
2024
Industry News

Big U.S. bank profits fall on insurance fund charges, falling lending margins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. bank fourth quarter profits fell on Friday as lenders put aside cash to replenish a government insurance fund dented by last year's bank failures, and as the rising cost of retaining deposits ate into margins.

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