A third major bank, PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), said its adjusted credit loss provision for the last three months of the year will be more than twice as large as in the third quarter.
The disclosures come as a number of the nations' banks have forecast increasing credit losses because of the subprime mortgage crisis.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month, Wachovia had said it expected to record a loan loss provision in the fourth quarter between $500 million and $600 million.
In a discussion with financial analysts in New York, Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson said the updated figures "will position us better as we enter 2008."On Monday, Bank of America said it would liquidate a privately placed, enhanced institutional cash fund, closing it off to new investors, due to withering losses on complex asset-backed securities."Based on conditions today, we expect those write-downs will be larger than have already been reported — although obviously we won't know our final numbers until we close the fourth quarter," Lewis said. "We will discuss those numbers on the January earnings call."The company is likely to be profitable in the quarter but expects to set aside $3.3 billion for losses and write-downs, Lewis said at a conference.
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PNC Financial Services said its adjusted provision for credit losses is expected to be about $110 million in the fourth quarter, up $45 million from the previous quarter.All three were making presentations at an investment conference in New York hosted by Goldman Sachs.www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/...anks_N.htm?csp=34
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