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%.…
Category: Bank Star Ratings
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%…
All New Bank Star-Ratings Now Available
Pandemic impacts are subsiding but geopolitical strains are rising. It’s a good thing Bauer projects negative trends forward when assigning its star-ratings. The FDIC’s acting chairman, Martin Gruenburg, has even voiced concerns about the future. When remarking Tuesday on how…
’Tis the Season for Scammers
It is the Holiday Season and for most of us that means spending time with family and friends. But for others, it means finding new ways to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. Since the beginning of the pandemic, “alleged” cyber-fraud…
New Historical Bank Report Generator
Coral Gables, Florida, October 27, 2021 Coral Gables, FL: BAUERFINANCIAL, Inc., the nation’s premier Bank and Credit Union rating firm, is excited to add to its extensive line of bank report products. For the first time, and available for immediate…
Credit Loss Expectations Brighten
Coral Gables, Florida, June 16, 2021 Coral Gables, FL: BAUERFINANCIAL, Inc., the nation’s premier Bank and Credit Union rating firm, is pleased to report that the majority of U.S. banks have been able to reverse loan loss provisions as the…