US bank Wells Fargo has said it plans to raise $7.5bn (£4.9bn) from selling new shares, a day after the US Treasury said 10 banks needed to boost reserves.
Morgan Stanley is also hoping to raise $3.5bn from share sales.
Bank of America said it planned to sell assets and raise capital to secure the $33.9bn it needs.
On Thursday, the US Treasury said that 10 of America's 19 largest banks needed to raise a combined total of $74.6bn of extra funds.
That was the main finding of the so-called "stress tests" which were carried out to see if the banks had sufficient capital to cope should the recession worsen.
The banks that require extra capital have been given until 8 June to finalise their plans to do so, and get them approved by regulators.
Separately, Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance company, has said it needs an extra $19bn in government aid after reporting a loss of $23.2bn for the first quarter.
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