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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fist bumps Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after a House Financial Services Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020.Greg Nash | ReutersThe $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank announced Wednesday is the latest example of private equity players coming to the need of a wounded American lender.Led by $450 million from ex-Treasury…

A sign is pictured above a branch of New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, on Jan. 31, 2024.Mike Segar | ReutersRegional lender New York Community Bank may have to pay more to retain deposits after one of the company's key ratings was slashed for the second time in a month.Late Friday, Moody's Investors Service cut the deposit rating of NYCB's main banking subsidiary by four notches, to Ba3 from Baa2, putting it three levels below investment grade. That followed a two-notch cut from Moody's in early February.The…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon isn't worried about the added competition from a bulked-up Capital One if its $35.3 billion takeover of Discover Financial gets approved."My view is, let them compete," Dimon said. "Let them try, and if we think it's unfair, we'll complain about that."Dimon, speaking to CNBC's Leslie Picker at a Miami conference, acknowledged that if regulators approve the Capital One-Discover deal, his bank will be eclipsed as the nation's biggest credit card lender.But that didn't stop him from praising…

Capital One headquarters in McLean, Virginia on February 20, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesCapital One's blockbuster takeover proposal for Discover Financial includes a $1.38 billion breakup fee if Discover decides to go with another buyer, but no such fee if U.S. regulators kill the deal, people with knowledge of the matter told CNBC.Capital One said late Monday it had an agreement to purchase rival credit card player Discover in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion.While Discover can't…

A young man holds a credit card and uses a laptop for online shopping.Diy13 | Istock | Getty ImagesAmericans shopping online after midnight often make riskier transactions and are more likely to default on their loans, according to Affirm Chief Financial Officer Michael Linford.The fintech firm uses the hour a consumer attempts a transaction as a key data point to help determine whether to approve loans, Linford told CNBC in a recent interview. Other factors include a user's repayment history with Affirm and transaction…

Pedestrians pass a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in New York.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe three biggest American retail banks collected 25% less overdraft revenue last year as the companies, under pressure from regulators to cap the fees, created new ways for customers to avoid the penalties.JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America reported a combined $2.2 billion in overdraft fees in 2023, roughly $700 million less than the previous year, according to regulatory filings.Overdraft fees are triggered…

The New York Community Bank (NYCB) headquarters in Hicksville, New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEmbattled lender New York Community Bank disclosed a litany of financial metrics in the past 24 hours in a bid to soothe skittish investors.But one of the most crucial resources for any bank appears to be in short supply for NYCB lately: confidence.The regional bank late Tuesday said that deposits were stable at $83 billion and that the firm had ample resources to cover any possible…

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs abandoned an ill-fated push into consumer banking in late 2022, but an investment in a Texas energy retailer means its reach into American homes is about to grow.Rhythm Energy, a Houston-based electricity provider overseen and owned by a Goldman Sachs private equity fund, has won approval from federal authorities to expand from its home market into the more than dozen states where deregulated power firms operate, CNBC has learned.That covers energy networks, mostly in…

Jamie Dimon, President & CEO,Chairman & CEO JPMorgan Chase, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024.Adam Galici | CNBCJPMorgan Chase on Thursday said several executives considered frontrunners to one day take over for CEO Jamie Dimon had new or expanded roles.Jennifer Piepszak, co-head of JPMorgan's giant consumer bank, will now became co-head of the firm's commercial and investment bank along with Troy Rohrbaugh, a veteran leader of the…

Swedish buy now, pay later firm Klarna unveils a $7.99 monthly subscription plan called Klarna PlusCourtesy: KlarnaSwedish fintech firm Klarna is launching a monthly subscription plan in the U.S. to lock in its heaviest users ahead of an expected initial public offering this year, the company told CNBC.The product is set to be announced later Wednesday and will cost $7.99 per month, the Stockholm-based company said.Users of the subscription plan, named Klarna Plus, will get service fees waived, earn double rewards points…