Headcount at the nation's second-largest bank has fallen by around 1,000 since the end of last month. More job reductions are in the works after noninterest expenses rose by 6% during the first quarter.

The bank was already mulling headcount and compensation reductions in early September.

Truist Financial eliminated about 5% of its investment banking division amid uncertainty surrounding the dealmaking environment, according to people with knowledge with the matter.

The layoff round, which a spokesperson said represents "less than one quarter of one percent of the roles in the company," comes after Rocket announced a 20-person reduction in the marketing team in early January.

The fintech is also relying more heavily on its bank charter as rising interest rates make selling loans to investors more challenging.

The Arizona-based lender has been in business for 35 years and has branches in over 20 states.

The firm said it would still originate and service loans out of the office where the cost-cutting measures will occur.

Bank of America is slowing hiring as fewer employees leave in an attempt to manage the company's headcount ahead of a possible U.S. recession, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said.

The firms trimming payroll include lenders, a mortgage insurance giant, an iBuyer and an online notarization software provider.

While the total number is less than some previous rounds, the reductions are a resumption of Goldman's annual culling cycle that it had largely paused during the pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The Minneapolis company, which increased its minimum wage to $18 an hour in June, will bump it up to $20 in response to inflationary and competitive pressures.

The San Francisco megabank plans to reinstate guidance that drew scrutiny following revelations that women and nonwhite candidates were interviewed for jobs that had been reserved for someone else.

Natixis’s co-head of structured credit and credit trading has left the bank to join New York-based private equity shop Blue Owl Capital, as the firm seeks to step up its efforts in the collateralized loan obligation market.

Mizuho Securities’ head structurer of collateralized loan obligations has joined New York-based private equity firm Blue Owl Capital as it makes a push into the broadly syndicated CLO industry. 

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans plans to retire early next year, the bank said Thursday.

The municipality and the bank have been at odds over similar issues in the past, and no agency currently has deposit accounts with the lender.

The City Council recently voted 15-1 to establish a financial authority that would provide credit enhancements on loans to underserved borrowers. Public banking advocates say the effort is both an interim step for Philadelphia and a test case for other cities.

The long-awaited Community Reinvestment Act reform plan is likely to address climate change and bank partnerships with nonbank lenders, while also taking into account the shrinking number of U.S. bank branches, government officials said Monday.

Credit unions and banks need to ask themselves if they're finding ways to say "yes" to consumers who too often hear "no" from mainstream institutions. Otherwise, they perpetuate a system that excludes the poor and people of color and drive them toward nonbanks, said Pablo DeFilippi of Inclusiv Network and other experts.

The complaint seeks unspecified damages over the bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices, alleging minority homebuyers were excluded from affordable, low-risk loans.