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Provisions for credit losses in the personal and commercial segment fell $17 million year-over-year, largely due to a decline in provisions on non-impaired loans. That’s a signal that borrowers, including those navigating the ongoing mortgage renewal cycle, are broadly meeting their obligations. Capital markets and wealth management drive headline growth While personal and commercial banking posted…

Training intensified burnout’s effects Testing three possible buffers against burnout’s impact, Adeniyi found only technological training produced a statistically significant effect, and it moved in the opposite direction than expected. “Contrary to expectations, the results revealed that technological training exacerbated, rather than buffered, the negative relationship between burnout and perceived work ability,” Adeniyi wrote, adding…

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Quarterly average regulatory equity value-at-risk across the eight US global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) reached a combined $669.9 million in the second quarter of 2026. This was the highest level since Q4 2020, when it stood at $692 million. These figures do not take into account the multiplier used to translate VAR into a capital…

Visa announced the launch of the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) on Thursday, a new platform it said is designed to help financial institutions, fintechs and crypto natives access stablecoin capabilities through a single Visa-managed environment. Building on Visa’s broader crypto strategy, VSP is said to give financial institutions, fintechs and other payment providers a way…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2026. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images The Treasury Department on Friday moved to sanction the United Arab Emirates branch of an Egyptian bank over its financial ties to Iran….