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Allison Dukes says she will not be joining the combined company because she wants to remain in Atlanta, where she is involved with several civic and philanthropic organizations. The merged company will be headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.

The San Francisco bank has roughly doubled its assets in the last five years without the benefit of an acquisition.

In a roundtable discussion, the heads of four banks called on Congress to move on CRA modernization and address the cannabis conundrum, while dismissing arguments that midsize banks need to merge to stay competitive.

The CEO of the nation's largest bank urged policymakers to ease capital rules for banks and tackle inefficiencies in the housing markets, while offering bold ideas of his own on education and health care.

Banks of all sizes need to stick together to ward off threats from "unregulated" fintechs and other nonbanks, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

Tim Sloan couldn't hang on any longer. Here are insights about why he left now, what role policymakers played in the decision and will continue to have in the company's future, and who in the world would want to lead Wells Fargo.

While student, auto and credit card balances are at or near record levels, housing debt is shrinking, credit quality is weakening a bit and lending standards, at least in some sectors, are tightening.

The company has appointed President Gaye Erkan to its board of directors, potentially positioning her to replace longtime CEO James Herbert when he eventually retires.

The online small-business lender reported record loan originations in the fourth quarter, but its CEO is warning that loan growth could slow in 2019.

Assets increased 6% in 2018 to nearly $52 billion as loan originations surged and the company redeployed $2 billion of cash into higher-yielding securities.

Chemical is paying roughly $3.6 billion for the $23.5 billion-asset TCF. The combined company will be based in Detroit, Chemical's hometown, and operate under the TCF brand.

Among the things we've learned this earnings season: C&I is back, fee income is flat, and leveraged lending is beginning to "rear its ugly head."

The surge in new lending at the Pasadena, Calif., company offset rising deposit costs and sluggish fee-income growth.

Double-digit gains in net interest income more than offset sluggish growth in fee income at the Salt Lake City company.

Strong demand for commercial loans helped offset weaker growth in consumer lending and a decline in fee income.

The New York company added eight new client teams in 2018 and established a new division that caters to private equity firms on both coasts.

The Dallas company beat earnings estimates even as it reported declines in deposits, total loans and fee income.

CEOs on the hot seat. Banks fighting to stay independent. Comfortable players ripe for disruption from Amazon and others. It is shaping up as a riveting year.

LendStreet is looking to break the circle of debt that often arises when struggling borrowers try to consolidate what they owe.

Bank portfolios are chock full of loans to industries — think agriculture, tourism, real estate and energy — that could be particularly hard hit by warming temperatures. Some large banks are engaging in "scenario analysis" to mitigate the risk.