Quick Hits from Q2 Bank Earnings

Here are a handful of banking industry observations from second-quarter financial results.

Hello again, Bank Slaters!

I’ll be honest. We’re giving you a condensed version of our weekly newsletter this week. I finally found an opportunity to take a vacation with my family. We just spent the last week in Madrid and Valencia — discovering new places and learning new cultures are very important to us. Just glad we had the opportunity to briefly disconnect from the world.

Sometimes you have to step away and take a break.

That being said, I wouldn’t leave you all empty-handed. I put together a few observations from second-quarter earnings that extend beyond the balance sheet and the bottom line, highlighting some developments that could become more pronounced over the next couple of quarters.