Deposit costs have peaked
The repricing cycle is done. NIM expansion from here is mechanical.
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Regional banks, NIM, credit normalisation, and the payments stack. Balance-sheet risk in plain English.
The repricing cycle is done. NIM expansion from here is mechanical.
Cross-border is carrying the whole print now.
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Credit normalisation is being mistaken for credit deterioration — there's a gap.
Deposit betas are behaving better than the bear case modeled.
Net interest margin looks to have troughed, and the market hasn't repriced it.
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