Current:Home > InvestBanks get a downgrade from Moody's. Here are the 10 lenders impacted. -WealthX
Banks get a downgrade from Moody's. Here are the 10 lenders impacted.
View
Date:2025-04-15 14:33:44
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! (5946)
Related
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- The unstoppable appeal of Peso Pluma and the Regional Mexican music scene
- In 'Julieta and the Romeos,' a teen aims to uncover the identity of her mystery man
- 'The Three of Us' tracks a married couple and the wife's manipulative best friend
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel, too
- Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams and Boyfriend Reuben Selby Break Up After 5 Years of Dating
- Becky G Reveals How Fiancé Sebastian Lletget Challenges Her in the Best Way
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Book bans are getting everyone's attention — including Biden's. Here's why
Ranking
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- 'Sunshine' centers on a life-changing summer for author Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- There's a 'volume war' happening in music
- Jillian Michaels Weighs In on Ozempic, Obesity & No Regrets
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Opera Ebony broke boundaries in classical music for 50 years — but what comes next?
- 'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance
- 'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance
Recommendation
DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
Where the stage is littered with glitter: The top 10 acts of Eurovision 2023
In 'Julieta and the Romeos,' a teen aims to uncover the identity of her mystery man
Megan Mullally Reveals a Karen Spinoff Was in the Works After Will & Grace Revival
Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
Urgent search for infant after U.K. couple arrested following a month living off-grid
China says it organized troops after U.S. spy plane flew over Taiwan Strait
John Legend Shares What Has Made Him “Emotional” Since Welcoming Baby Esti With Chrissy Teigen