Alan Kline is the former editor-in-chief of American Banker. Previously he oversaw its consumer finance and national/regional banking coverage. He also helped direct coverage of the annual Most Powerful Women in Banking rankings.
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Building on its strong second half of 2010, PrivateBancorp in Chicago started 2011 with its third straight profitable quarter.
April 26 -
Shares of Wilshire Bancorp plunged early Tuesday after the Los Angeles company announced that it lost $52.1 million, or $1.77 per share, in the first quarter.
April 26 -
Unsuccessful in its efforts to raise fresh capital and already operating under multiple enforcement orders, embattled Mercantile Bancorp could be on the verge of failure.
April 25 -
For the first time in three years, the three banks of Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix all turned a profit in the first quarter.
April 25 -
Huntington Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, is one of a few banks to offer a grace period on overdrafts, and the service is at the center of retail marketing efforts.
February 10 -
All the hubbub about smartphones laying the decisive blow to branches is unnecessary; they can peacefully and successfully co-exist with some retooling.
August 1 -
There's a joke making the rounds in Chicago that if BP and Toyota were serious about repairing their damaged reputations, they, too, would have helped bail out ShoreBank.
July 1 -
1st Commonwealth of Virginia offers a new kind of loan aimed at retaining customers in times of lower rates, when borrowers typically defect.
July 1 -
While banks are concentrating on promoting their image through advertising and marketing, the actions behind those words will have more of an influence over consumers' trust.
June 1 -
Top 200 Community Banks and Thrifts as of Dec. 31. Ranked by 3-Year Average ROE. Last year's minimum list-making mark is this year's mark of overachievement.
June 1 -
Royal Bank of Canada is proving that developing a multicultural workforce is not just good policy, it's good for the bottom line.
May 1 -
Like a lot of new CEOs, Gordon Nixon promised to make diversity a priority when he took the helm of Royal Bank of Canada. Right away, he created a diversity council.
April 29 -
More than 20 Michigan credit unions encourage savings with a sweepstakes- one of a handful of programs financial institutions have tested in the last few years.
April 1 -
There's little debate that the industry needs to shrink, but lately I've started to wonder if there are enough buyers out there willing and able to swallow 1,500 to 3,000 banks.
November 1 - WIB PH
The financial market meltdown of September 2008 was a career-ender for some Wall Street bankers, but for Karen Peetz and her team at BNY Mellon, it was the opportunity of a lifetime.
October 1 - WIB PH
If capital is king these days, then Peyton Patterson, the chairman and chief executive at NewAlliance Bank, should be wearing a crown.
October 1 -
In a year of upheaval, these women stood out for their leadership, their coolness under pressure, and their continued drive to innovate.
October 1 -
TARP comes with a stigma and TALF and PPIP haven't worked as well as intended, but if there's one government program that many small and regional banks will be sorry to see go it's the TAG, or Transaction Account Guarantee program.
August 25
