regional banks

The financial and banking industry has been hammered with a number of regional banks hit particularly hard. But Hilary Kramer says there is upside potential for some of these banks and sees value in a surprising pick: A money wiring company.

Last Friday, regulators seized nine banks, the most on a single day since the financial crisis began more than two years ago. Sure, it was a sign of just how sick many financial institutions have become, but it wasn't all bad news. That's especially true for U.S. Bancorp (USB), the Minnesota-based...

Banks, hedge funds, insurance companies and pension funds could face an additional $53 billion in large loan losses according to the annual Shared National Credit Review released Thursday. The examiners considered loans of at least $20 million and underwritten by three or more banks to finance...

The Wall Street Journal has published an exclusive report looking at possible losses at small and medium-sized banks that could result from trouble in their real estate portfolios. The total of the red ink could hit $200 billion. That may leave the government holding another big bag of bank stock...

News has begun to leak out that the government is leaning on some of the 19 banks that went through the "stress test" designed to predict what will happen to them if the economy gets worse. Banks that fail will be asked, not politely, and perhaps pressured, to raise private money. If they cannot,...