Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 1 Commercial Banking Banks’ Balance Sheet Bank Management Off-Balance-Sheet Activities Banks’ Income Statement Banks’ Regulations
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 2 Ten Largest U.S. Banks
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 3 Ten Largest Banks in the World
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 4 Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) A comprehensive analytical too created by the FDIC on a quarterly report requirement Contain banks’ profitability and risk information in a consistent and uniformed basis To obtain information: and then follow instructionhttp://www2.fdic.gov/ubpr
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 5 The Bank Balance Sheet
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 6 Assets – Uses of Funds Reserves Cash Items in Process of Collection A check written on an account at another bank is deposited in bank A and the funds for this check have not yet been received from the other bank. Deposits at Other Banks Securities – debt securities only –US government and agency securities –State and local gov. (municipal) securities –Others (investment-grade securities) Bank Loans
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 7 Alternative types of loans Commercial loans –business borrowing — Temporary working capital need (prime rate) – credit line — Long-term uses, e.g., equipment purchases, plant expansion Consumer Loans –Non-mortgage loans to consumers — Installment loans (purchase of cars and household products) — Credit card loans (interest rate is quite high) Real Estate Loans Agriculture Loans –Short term
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 8 Liabilities and Equity – Sources of Funds Checkable Deposits non-interest-bearing checking accounts (demand deposits) interest-bearing NOW (negotiable order of withdrawal) money market deposit account (MMDAs) Nontransaction Deposits Saving Accounts Time Deposits: small-denomination & large-denomination Borrowing discount loan and other borrowings Bank Capital
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS322 9 Bank Management 1. Liquidity management 2. Asset management A. Managing credit risk B. Managing interest-rate risk 3. Liability management 4. Managing capital adequacy
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Liquidity Management Reserve requirement = 10%, Excess reserves = $10 million Assets Liabilities Reserves $20 million Deposits $100 million Loans $80 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $10 million
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Deposit outflow of $10 million Assets Liabilities Reserves $10 million Deposits $ 90 million Loans $80 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $10 million With 10% reserve requirement, bank still has excess reserves of $1 million: no changes needed in balance sheet Liquidity Management
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Liquidity Management No excess reserves Assets Liabilities Reserves $10 million Deposits $100 million Loans $90 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $10 million Deposit outflow of $ 10 million Assets Liabilities Reserves $ 0 million Deposits $ 90 million Loans $90 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $10 million With 10% reserve requirement, it has $9 million reserve shortfall
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Borrow from other banks or corporations Assets Liabilities Reserves $ 9 million Deposits $ 90 million Loans $90 million Borrowings $ 9 million Securities $10 million Bank Capital $ 10 million 2. Sell securities Assets Liabilities Reserves $ 9 million Deposits $ 90 million Loans $ 90 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $ 1 million Liquidity Management
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Liquidity Management 3. Borrow from Fed Assets Liabilities Reserves $ 9 million Deposits $90 million Loans $90 million Discount Loans $ 9 million Securities $10 million Bank Capital $10 million 4. Call in or sell off loans Assets Liabilities Reserves $ 9 million Deposits $ 90 million Loans $81 million Bank Capital $ 10 million Securities $10 million Conclusion: excess reserves are insurance against above 4 costs from deposit outflows
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Asset and Liability Management Asset Management 1. Get borrowers with low default risk, paying high interest rates 2. Buy securities with high return, low risk 3. Diversify 4. Manage liquidity Liability Management 1. Important since 1960s 2. No longer primarily depend on checkable deposits, more on other borrowing 3. When see loan opportunities, borrow or issue CDs to acquire funds (first developed in 1961)
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Capital Adequacy Management 1. Bank capital is a cushion that prevents bank failure 2. Higher is bank capital, lower is return on equity ROA = Net Profits/Assets ROE = Net Profits/Equity Capital EM = Assets/Equity Capital ROE = ROA x EM (EM is equity multiplier) Capital , EM , ROE 3. Tradeoff between safety (high capital) and ROE 4. Banks also hold capital to meet capital requirements 5. Strategies for Managing Capital: A. Sell or retire stock B. Change dividends to change retained earnings C. Change asset growth
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Off-Balance-Sheet Activities Involve trading financial instruments and generating income from fees and loan sales, activities that affect bank profits but do not appear on bank balance sheet For example, hedging with financial derivatives are off-balance-sheet activities. They are used to reduce Fis’ risk exposures, but they all involve risks.
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Off-Balance-Sheet Activities 1.Loan Sales 2.Fee income from A. Foreign exchange trades for customers B. Servicing mortgage-backed securities C. Guarantees of debt D. Backup lines of credit 2. Financial futures and options 3. Foreign exchange trading 4. Interest rate swaps
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Banks' Income Statement
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Banks’ Income Statement Operating Income interest income non-interest income Operating Expenses interest expenses non-interest expenses provisions for loan losses
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Income Statement Net Operating Income: Difference between Operating Income and Operating Expenses Gains/losses on Securities Gains/lossesExtraordinary Items: events or transactions that are unusual and infrequent Income taxes: profit after tax
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Measures of Bank Performance ROA = Net Profits/ Assets ROE = Net Profits/ Equity Capital NIM = [Interest Income - Interest Expenses]/ Assets
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Bank Regulation Regulatory Structure A charter from state/federal gov is needed for open a commercial bank –State bank – having state charter, regulated by state agency –National bank – having federal charter — Regulated by the office of Comptroller of Currency (issue charter) — FDIC — Federal Reserve
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Branching Regulations Branching Restrictions: Anticompetitive Response to Branching Restrictions 1. Bank Holding Companies A. Allowed purchases of banks outside state B. BHCs allowed wider scope of activities by Fed C. BHCs dominant form of corporate structure for banks 2. Nonbank Banks Not subject to branching regulations, but loophole closed in Automated Teller Machines Not considered to be branch of bank, so networks allowed
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Bank Consolidation and Number of Banks
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Nationwide Banking and Bank Consolidation Bank Consolidation: Why? 1.Branching restrictions weakened 2.Development of superregional banks Riegle-Neal Act of Allows full interstate branching 2.Promotes further consolidation Future of Industry Structure Will become more like other countries, but not quite: Several thousand, not several hundred
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Separation of Banking and Securities Industries: Glass-Steagall Case for Glass-Steagall 1. FDIC gives unfair advantage to banks 2. Allowing banks into underwriting is dangerous because FDIC promotes too much risk taking 3. Potential conflicts of interest Case Against Glass-Steagall 1. Decreases competition 2. Unfair to banks 3. Hinders diversification Will Separation Continue? No, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Service Modernization Act of ) allow banks to underwrite insurance and securities and engage in real estate 2) allows securities firms and insurance companies to purchase banks
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Separation in Other Countries 1. Universal banking: Germany 2. British-style universal banking 3. U.S./Japan separation Separation of Banking and Securities Industries: Glass-Steagall
Commercial Banking (ch17, 18 & 19) – BUS Other Depositary Institutions Thrifts (or thrift institutions) 1.Mutual saving banks: depositors are owners of firms 2.S&Ls (saving and loan Associations): getting deposits and make long-term mortgage loans 3.Credit unions: financial institutions that focus on servicing the banking and lending needs of its members