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Is the banking sector in crisis? What happened, and what can bankers learn from this turmoil? Two of American Banker's reporters discuss the fallout and what comes next with the magazine's editor-in-chief.

Shadows loomed over Credit Suisse and First Republic early Thursday, but the sector outlook brightened after billions of deposits were pledged to the U.S. bank.

The liquidity facility launched by the central bank over the weekend saw limited uptake compared to other emergency funding options.

The mega-lenders headcount was 5,194 at the end of the fourth quarter

Benefits like paternity leave are more widely available in the field but there's further to go, industry stakeholders say.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen took the first step of walking back an implicit guarantee by the U.S. government that other banks would see their depositors fully backstopped should the bank fail.

The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.

Both 30- and 15-year averages dropped for the first time in six weeks, as investors flocked to safety of 10-year Treasuries.

Banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are part of the discussions, according to people familiar with the situation.

Though a handful of state programs were closed or suspended, most remain open and more than 230,000 households received the funds from the U.S. Treasury.

Residential starts rose 9.8% last month to a 1.45 million annualized rate, the fastest in five months, according to government data released Thursday

The top five had more than $85 billion in HELOC volume in Q3.

The company agreed to pay $27.2 million in restitution to shareholders and revised its 2022 earnings to show a steep loss. The plea agreement with the Department of Justice was tied to Sterling's now defunct low-documentation mortgage program.

The San Francisco bank is said to be exploring strategic options that include a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm is also weighing options for shoring up liquidity, some of the people said.

How mortgage companies with under 100 employees stacked up in this year's ranking.

There were many red flags before the California bank failed last week. Now the questions are: How did federal and state regulators assess the risks, and what actions did they take in response?

Navigating challenges and what's ahead in banking regulation.

The new fees based on the DTI, which lenders have said is too likely to vary throughout the origination process for a single loan, will now go into effect in August.

More employees are needed to manage the "sizable and complex" servicing from the defunct lender.

Home sellers are offering to pay for closing costs, mortgage rate buydowns and property repairs in order to attract buyers, Redfin found.