U.S. Economy

‘The first bank crisis of the Twitter generation’: The pressure on banks is very different from 2008

LONDON — Turbulence across the banking sector has prompted the question of whether we are teetering on the edge of…

Key lawmakers say upcoming hearings on bank failures aim to boost U.S. confidence in banking sector

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers overseeing the recent turmoil in the banking sector said Wednesday that they aim…

Deutsche Bank is not the next Credit Suisse, analysts say as panic spreads

Deutsche Bank shares slid Friday while the cost of insuring against its default spiked, as the German lender was engulfed…

TikTok wants to distance itself from China — but Beijing is getting involved

BEIJING — China says it would “strongly oppose” a forced sale of TikTok, making clear the government’s involvement with the…

Senators call on former Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank CEOs to testify

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders of a Senate committee investigating the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank called Thursday…

Watch: Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel testifies before Senate on Covid vaccine price hike

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Sens. Booker, Warnock press big bank CEOs to pause overdraft fees after SVB failure

WASHINGTON — Sens. Cory Booker and Raphael Warnock have urged the CEOs of 10 major banks to waive overdraft and…

Junk fees cost consumers tens of billions annually, according to the White House

Fees on concert tickets, airfares, hotels and other so-called junk fees cost Americans tens of billions of dollars every year,…

House committee calls Fed, FDIC officials to testify in its first hearing on bank failures

WASHINGTON — The House Financial Services Committee on Friday announced its first hearing on the failures of Silicon Valley Bank…

Biden calls on Congress to tighten laws to claw back executive pay, levy penalties in bank failures

President Joe Biden called on Congress to give regulators more authority to claw back pay and penalize executives at distressed…