Columbia Banking System's board has authorized a $700 million share repurchase program. Chief Executive Clint Stein said the move is a result of the bank holding company's excess capital position as ...

After the 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Federal Reserve created a new borrowing source for banks in distress. Part of the job of the Federal Reserve (also known as the ...

The latest announcement is out from Columbia Banking System ( ($COLB) ). On December 31, 2025, Columbia Banking System, Inc. announced it would ...

Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said a funding lifeline created for banks last year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to spark a wider financial crisis would ...

Stablecoins could flatten the world of finance and allow banks to offer clients a vastly improved money transfer service that is both quicker and cheaper. But risks remain. The launch of a space ...

The gradual alignment of prudential regulations on Basel II/III standards since 2018, as well as improvements in banking supervision and macroprudential surveillance, have contributed to the WAEMU’s ...

Accounting for unrealized market-value losses on banks’ securities and loan investments caused by the secular increase in interest rates that began in early 2022, I estimate that, as of September 30, ...

Last year, several large banks—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic—failed. Financial regulators interrupted the cascade by expanding deposit insurance and establishing a new ...

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