All bank star-ratings have now been updated based on year-end 2024 data. (Credit unions will be out soon.) The FDIC’s new Acting Chairman, Travis Hill, (since January 20th) has already made two big changes in the release of new bank…
Community Banks ARE Lending, New Bank Star-Ratings
We’ve been hard at work at Bauer (not just eating turkey and watching football) updating bank star-ratings based on September 30, 2024 financial data. We expect to have credit union ratings out shortly. In the meantime, let’s talk about how…
All New Bank Star-Ratings This Week
All bank star-ratings are now updated based on June 30, 2024 financial data. That means any “Bank” reports you purchase from today forward will have June 30th financial data. Credit unions star-ratings will be available in a couple of weeks.…
All New Bank Star-Ratings This Week
Resilience was the word Martin Gruenberg, FDIC Chairman, chose to describe the banking industry when first quarter results were released on Wednesday. Gruenberg cautioned on the current interest rate environment, particularly when it comes to commercial real estate, but insisted…
All New Bank Star-Ratings This Week
All bank data and star-ratings are now based on year-end 2022 financial data, both in JRN and on bauerfinancial.com. One of the things we were excited to report last quarter was that Net Interest Margin (NIM) had widened to 3.14%.…
All New Bank Star-Ratings This Week
Welcome Back. While you were out enjoying feasts and football, our staff was pouring over third quarter bank data from the FDIC. Successfully, we might add. All new bank star-ratings can be found both in JRN and at bauerfinancial.com. The…
Bank Assets Decline for 1st Time in 7 Years
In spite of increases in loan balances, both from first quarter and from a year ago, total assets at the nation’s banks declined in the second quarter 2022. (Source: FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile (QBP).) This marks the first quarterly drop…
All New Bank Star-Ratings this Week
All bank star-ratings have now been updated in Jumbo Rate News and on our website. As a result, a number of banks changed categories in the newsletter and, more importantly, several banks have been dropped from our rate pages based…
Banks Prepare for Economic Downturn
Coral Gables, Florida, June 22, 2022: BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation’s premier Bank and Credit Union rating firm, reports that net income at our nation’s banks dropped over 22% from a year ago. This, as banks find the need to bulk…
Newly Released Bank Star-Ratings and Data
The percent of recommended banks (rated 5-Stars or 4-Stars) remained virtually unchanged between Q4’2021 and Q1’2022. However, banks earning Bauer’s top rating (5-Stars) are at their lowest level since 2018. Problematic banks (rated 2-Stars or below) while still low (1.05%…