Sentences with phrase «be of concern to bank»

After all, recent revelations of lending practices in the nation's real estate sector should be of concern to bank shareholders.

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In April 2017, Barclays announced UK regulators were investigating Staley and the bank after the executive attempted to discover who wrote a letter that «raised concerns of a personal nature» about a senior employee.

Nixon said the Germans are probably suffering from a «lack of legitimacy» at the central bank and are still very concerned about the impact of quantitative easing — a massive stimulus program following the euro zone debt crisis of 2011 that's designed to boost lending but also stoke inflation.

About the only time interest rates pose a substantial risk of precipitating a crash is when central banks become concerned about overheating in the economy and are willing to provoke a recession to cool things off.

The biggest demand for commercial loans, as far as U.S. Bank is concerned, is primarily for middle market firms looking for loans of up to $ 1 million or more, and on the lower end for $ 250,000 or less, says John Elmore, vice chairman of consumer banking for U.S. Bank.

There's been mounting concern from some Canadians over «too much chumminess» between the bank and the government, Yalnizyan noted, particularly with the recent passing of Bill C - 60, which potentially allows for the federal government to oversee some aspects of hiring for crown corporations.

On one end of the market, you have traditional banks that are conservative in their approach to issuing small - business loans due to risk and profitability concerns.

China's domestic market reforms are already responding to U.S. concerns about trade flows, says Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank.

«The intention of all stakeholders,» he adds, «is to offer an environment where depositors can place their money without any risk or concern,» even if events beyond the bank's control lead to a run on its deposits.

Responding on Twitter, Prime Minister David Cameron said when it comes to the economy it is important to listen to experts: «It's deeply concerning that the Leave campaign is criticising the independent Bank of England,» he said.

Bank letters of credit and customer lists are usually enough to win the trust of customers who initially express concerns about doing business with an unaudited company, claims chief financial officer Henry Szabo.

The central bank has concerns about the ability of households to keep paying down their high levels of debt when interest rates continue their rise, as is widely expected over the coming months.

Although the banks say the moves would be legal procedures that would have a minimum impact on their operations and jobs in Scotland, their warnings intensified concerns about an independent Scotland's ability to retain businesses — particularly during the months of financial uncertainty that would follow a vote to break the 307 - year union with England.

Since Business then is the subject of the Ideal Super-Class Magazine, from the start it will concern not only advertisers of all that the wealthy and their homes require, but also the sheet steel and copper pipe fabricators, the enterprising bank which offers its facilities to Industry, the advertising agency and management corporation, builders and engineers, machine and factory and office equipment makers — and whoever else must have prestige and acceptance with the directing heads of Business.

Shares of wireless carrier Sprint (s) slumped 2 % to $ 7.14 on Tuesday after Deutsche Bank telecom analyst Matthew Niknam cut his price target on the stock to $ 7 from $ 8 due to concerns that a merger with a rival carrier would be blocked.

Italy just reached a «bad bank» deal with European officials, allowing banks to offload bad loans, but there is still some concern over the likely success of the cleanup operation.

The valuation concerns really speak to how many investors believe that this rally is all because of central bank actions.

No you're kind of fucked because nobody wants to buy any at all and your bank is calling you concerned that you may need to slow down your pace of new purchases for a bit.

Opponents say they are concerned about the potential loss of consumer protections and the possibility of opening the door to risky lending by large banks.

This could have been done to offset some of the negative commentaries concerning the fiscal outcome for 2015 - 16, such as the downward revisions to economic growth by the IMF, the Bank of Canada and a number of private sector economists.

«Every penny counts, but if we step back and I'm looking at earnings of $ 6.60 per share this year, 2 cents is an easy concession if the president - elect listens to some of the company's bigger concerns,» said Howard Rubel, a senior equity analyst with Jefferies, an investment banking firm in New York.

Mr. Greenspan argues that if banks are regulated to reduce the risk they pose to the economy, they may pack up and take their dealings to London: «concerns are growing that without immediate exemption from Dodd - Frank, a significant proportion of the foreign exchange derivatives market would leave the US.»

«In my view, these developments might suggest a downward revision in the forecast that is large enough to raise concerns about whether further tightening of labor markets is likely,» Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said on Tuesday.

(a) Banks are still in the process of figuring out what bitcoin is and how to deal with it, since it is a disruptive technology which could arguably compete with the bank's own existing services and products (although no banking executives on my calls explicitly mentioned the competition concern).

Canadian and international banks take the position that they won't board bitcoin clients because of concerns that bitcoin entities could be used to facilitate drug money laundering activities.

Zhou Xiaochuan, the chief of China's central bank, who is widely expected to retire very soon, has told Chinese media that he remains deeply concerned about China's mountain of debt.

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This was not the bank regulators» concern — and bankers themselves saw their main business in lending to fuel real estate, not industry, given what the neoliberals did to Latvia's economy and that of the other Baltic states!

While concerns over the fundamental solvency of financial institutions have largely abated, what we're now faced with is a mismatch of supply and demand in bank funding that continues to affect banks in material ways.

The shadow banking industry plays a critical role in meeting rising credit demand in the United States, and although it's been argued that shadow banking's disintermediation can increase economic efficiency, its operation outside of traditional banking regulations raises concerns over the systemic risk it may pose to the financial system.

Concerns over Mr. Corzine's vast holdings, most of which were tied up in Goldman stock, intensified after he was appointed to the influential Senate Banking Committee.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

«The concern now is that the Fed may run out of Treasuries» During 1936 - 1937 the reserve authorities raised the reserve ratios in an effort to reduce the huge volume of excess reserves in the member banks, while at the same timer being forced to continue purchasing operations in order to assist the treasury inn its deficit financing.

«If I'm the Bank of Canada, I would take these latest numbers with some encouragement,» Holt said, adding policy makers should be concerned about future trade policy, referring to suggestions from President - elect Donald Trump he may want to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.

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Kent Mason, a partner with Davis & Harman in Washington, a law firm serving banks and large corporations, says that while the administration's goal «is to require advisors to act in the best interest of their customers, the industry has no concerns with such a requirement, as evidenced by the industry's longstanding support» for an SEC best - interest standard.

Rather, the quest for deposits is motivated by two overriding profitability concerns, namely securing customers that can generate fee and loan revenue — bank customers are notoriously «sticky» so once you have them, you have them — and second, minimizing the outflow of net payments from customers to other institutions.

Readers may remember that Nasdaq was one of the firms to pioneer cryptocurrency derivatives products, and in February, Bank of America cited concerns about cryptocurrencies in its 10 - K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

While this reduces the reported amount of outstanding debt, if the concern is the ability of borrowers to generate the returns needed to service the debt that funded these projects, converting them into equity does not reduce the riskiness of the banking system, nor does it reduce net indebtedness for the country overall.

Given moral hazard concerns, regular liquidity - providing activities are likely to remain central banks» main line of defence in stressed environments.

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The National Bank of Greece study was published Tuesday as Greece heads to new general elections on June 17, amid Europe - wide concern of broader financial turmoil if Greece's place in the single currency is threatened by a victory for an anti-austerity party.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate in May from 2 per cent to a record low 1.75 per cent out of concern that inflation was trending too low, following first - quarter inflation data that showed prices had fallen 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year.

The chief concern is that protectionism, which remains the central bank's top risk to the outlook, coupled with the U.S. tax overhaul means businesses will choose to expand capacity outside of Canada.

While the decision to leave the EU has caused notable market upheaval, global market declines were actually more extreme in the first few months of 2016 due to significant commodity price weakness, concerns regarding slowed economic growth in the U.S. and China, and monetary decisions by major central banks.

This time, Mnuchin has issued a warning that bitcoin has all the makings of the next «Swiss Bank Account,» expressing concerns that are twofold — bitcoin could be treated as an offshore account for money laundering and the rise of the cryptocurrency places consumers in a position to get hurt.

The rumor, however, that the Bank of England (BoE) was planning to introduce its own cryptocurrency is concerning.

Morneau maintains that low - cost financing of public infrastructure through the BoC would be inflationary, but apparently his own plan — an Infrastructure Bank that would reward investors with 7 — 9 % returns and whose costs would be passed on to consumers through tolls, fees, or taxes — does not seem to cause him the same concerns.