Treasury gives TARP banks more time to consider their options
Banks now have until October to avoid having preferred shares auctioned by federal government.
Banks now have until October to avoid having preferred shares auctioned by federal government.
Six of the 17 Indiana banks that relied on the federal government to shore up their balance sheets in the recession have yet to repay, and the U.S. Treasury isn’t going to wait forever.
PNC Bank has about 80 bank branches and 1,100 employees in the Indianapolis area, all doing business under the National City
name.
Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares, operates nearly 50 branches and has about 600 employees in
the Indianapolis area.
Small, community banks will bet on their strength in customer service, and large banks will offer business customers lower
costs.
PNC, which operates dozens of bank branches in the Indianapolis area under the National City name, is selling its global investment servicing business to Bank of New York Mellon Corp. for $2.3 billion.
More than a year a year after the financial crisis began, businesses are still looking for new bank relationships.
Up to the end, Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. anticipated a government bailout that never materialized.
Regulators have told Irwin Union Bank FSB that it must boost its capital by the end of next month or face the possible
suspension of its business.
The banking sector is on the mend after being tattered by the financial crisis, but it still has a long way to go before
making a full recovery. That’s the consensus, judging from recent stock performances of the largest publicly
traded banks with a presence in Indianapolis.
Many of Indiana’s banks jumped at the chance to apply for a share of the federal government’s capital-infusion program, and
ones that win approval likely will accept the funds designed to shore up still-healthy financial institutions.
For investors across the globe, most
would agree that 2008 was an annus horribilis. Anyone with a vague recall of Latin will arrive at the translation of "horrible year."