A balance sheet is a document used by small businesses to gain a clear picture of its current financial condition. It lists each of the organization's assets and liabilities, showing the business's ...

A ratio of debt to equity is calculated by dividing total debt by the amount of shareholders' equity, found near the bottom ...

If you’ve ever wondered what your bank is invested in, there’s good news for you. Yes, good news, even now with everyone worried about the safety and soundness of their bank — because as it happens, ...

Accounting for a letter of credit on your balance sheet depends on when you use it. One issued by your financial institution acts as a credit substitute. That institution, often a bank, steps into ...

When it comes to building out a balance sheet, an organization’s accounts payable come into play. As you work through a balance sheet, you’ll need to determine whether accounts payable are an asset or ...

When Lubbock, TX-based City Bank was deciding how to boost its deposit levels, COO Cory Newsom says it turned to a new type of sweep account offered by Reserve Funds, which specializes in retail money ...

While the economic scenarios were mostly unchanged in the Federal Reserve's 2024 stress test of banks, the hypothetical economic storm took a heavier toll on bank balance sheets this year, the Fed ...

Learn to report contingent liabilities under GAAP. Understand probability categories—probable, possible, remote—and how to ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve may soon need to grow its balance sheet through bond purchases and could consider shortening the ...

Looking out over the busy streets from her hotel room window, Thitiporn (Pom) Yongchaihirun tried to decide when to leave her room to navigate Jakarta’s heavy traffic to make it to the World Bank ...