Current:Home > NewsBanks get a downgrade from Moody's. Here are the 10 lenders impacted. -Visionary Wealth Guides
Banks get a downgrade from Moody's. Here are the 10 lenders impacted.
View
Date:2025-04-14 18:58:43
Moody's is downgrading the credit ratings of 10 small- to mid-sized banks, citing growing financial risks and strains that could erode their profitability. The credit ratings agency also warned it is watching some of the nation's biggest lenders for potential downgrades.
The actions come after a banking crisis that started in March with the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, once the nation's 16th largest bank, when depositors grew fearful of the bank's solvency and made a classic bank run. Signature Bank and First Republic Bank soon followed, leading to more concerns about the banking industry's stability.
U.S. markets fell on Tuesday as Wall Street digested the downgrades as well as the negative outlooks for some of the biggest U.S. banks, with the S&P 500 shedding 0.7% in early afternoon trading.
M&T Bank, one of the banks whose credit rating was cut, fell 2%. Truist Financial, one of the banks that Moody's said it's reviewing for a possible downgrade, fell 2.1%.
In its report, Moody's highlighted that some of the issues that caused the banking crisis earlier this year haven't disappeared; banks are still at risk for depositors to withdraw their funds, while the current higher-interest rate environment is knocking down the value of investments lenders made when rates were super low.
The rating agency added that asset risks are also rising for small- and mid-sized banks, especially those with large corporate real estate (CRE) holdings.
"Elevated CRE exposures are a key risk given sustained high interest rates, structural declines in office demand due to remote work, and a reduction in the availability of CRE credit," it noted.
Smaller banks are especially at risk, given that they have "sizable unrealized economic losses" that could cause investors to lose confidence, it stated in the Monday report.
List of downgraded banks
Moody's cut ratings of 10 banks on Monday. The largest lender to receive a lower rating is M&T Bank, the 19th largest U.S. bank by assets, according to the Federal Reserve.
Here's the list of banks downgraded:
- Commerce Bancshares
- BOK Financial Corporation
- M&T Bank Corporation
- Old National Bancorp
- Prosperity Bancshares
- Amarillo National Bancorp
- Webster Financial Corporation
- Fulton Financial Corporation
- Pinnacle Financial Partners
- Associated Banc-Corp
6 banks with ratings under review
Moody's also said it placed six banks under review for possible downgrades, with some of those banks among the nation's largest. They are:
- Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
- Northern Trust Corporation
- State Street Corporation
- Cullen/Frost Bankers
- Truist Financial Corporation
- U.S. Bancorp
11 banks with negative outlooks
The credit rating agency also said it shifted the outlook of 11 banks from stable to negative. They are:
- PNC Financial Services Group
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- Citizens Financial Group
- Fifth Third Bancorp
- Huntington Bancshares
- Regions Financial Corporation
- Cadence Bank
- F.N.B. Corporation
- Simmons First National Corporation
- Ally Financial
- Bank OZK
With reporting by the Associated Press
veryGood! (9)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits
- Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow
- 6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Great Lakes tribes’ knowledge of nature could be key to climate change. Will people listen?
- What to set your thermostat to in the winter, more tips to lower your heating bills
- Jennifer Lawrence Reacts to Plastic Surgery Speculation
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- 2024 NFL draft first-round order: New England Patriots in contention for top pick
Ranking
- FACT FOCUS: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report misrepresented as proof of FBI setup
- Foul play not suspected after body found in vent at college arts center in Michigan
- Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia
- 2024 NFL draft first-round order: New England Patriots in contention for top pick
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Trump takes up a lot of oxygen, but voting rights groups have a lot more on their minds
- Taylor Swift Subtly Supports Travis Kelce’s Record-Breaking Milestone
- UK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikes
Recommendation
Chuck Scarborough signs off: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker tribute legendary New York anchor
Chad Michael Murray Responds to Accusation He Cheated on Erin Foster With Sophia Bush
French labor minister goes on trial for alleged favoritism when he was a mayor
Full transcript of Face the Nation, Nov. 26, 2023
Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
Man accused of threatening shooting at New Hampshire school changes plea to guilty
'Wish' lacked the magic to beat out 'Hunger Games,' 'Napoleon' at Thanksgiving box office
Caretaker charged in death of her partner and grandmother in Maine