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The Honolulu company plans to sell off more shares still owned by BNP Paribas and BancWest.

On earnings calls this week CEOs expressed optimism for increased loan demand, a softer tone from regulators, a higher SIFI threshold and, potentially, a surge of interest in health savings accounts.

Strong growth in commercial and CRE lending also led record to interest income in the quarter.

A 9% increase in interest revenue helped to offset relatively flat growth in fee revenue.

Three midsize banks projected increases in loans this year in the latest round of earnings discussions, but their levels of optimism varied, and their commercial lending strategies in some cases conflicted.

Improved credit quality also helped compensate for flat loan growth at the Dallas bank.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and PNC reported lackluster revenue growth as higher trading fees and increases in commercial lending barely compensated for consumer-side challenges.

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Regions Financial in Birmingham has named José S. Suquet, the president and CEO at Pan-American Life Insurance in New Orleans, to its board of directors.

Ray Davis is stepping down as Umpqua's CEO at yearend and transitioning to a new role as head of its year-old innovation lab. In his 22 years, he built Umpqua from a sleepy local bank into a regional powerhouse and internationally recognized brand.

Many community bankers are hopeful that the pro-business Republican will reduce regulatory costs for them and their customers, but others remain concerned about Trump's lack of specifics on job creation.

Signature Bank in New York reported a sharp decline in quarterly profits after suffering steep losses on its Chicago portfolio of taxi medallion loans.

Record deposit growth, improved expense management and strong revenue gains from mortgage banking boosted Umpqua Holdings’ profits in the third quarter.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., rode recent acquisitions to a record profit in the third quarter.

The Dallas company said Tuesday that it earned $149 million the third quarter, an increase of nearly 10% over the same period last year and up 150% from this year's first quarter, when plunging oil and gas prices forced it to sharply boost reserves on loans to energy firms.

Apart from the usual queries about prospects for loan growth and strategies for controlling costs, bank executives better be prepared this earnings season for probing questions about in-branch sales practices and how they are compensating front-line employees.

Strong revenue growth powered First Horizon in Memphis to a 7% increase in third-quarter earnings.

First Republic Bank in San Francisco said Thursday that its third-quarter profit climbed 27.4% from the same period last year, to $171.8 million, thanks to double-digit gains in both interest and fee income.

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