Alan Kline

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.

Our Best in Banking honorees for 2018 share some of the smartest bits of advice and blows from the school of hard knocks that they've received over the years — and who (or what) supplied them.

Through timely investments, opportunistic dealmaking and a laser focus on employee engagement, Turner has Wilmington, Del.-based WSFS on the cusp of becoming a regional power.

The Columbus, Ga., company ramped up its business and consumer lending even as it scaled back lending on construction and commercial real estate projects.

The custody bank’s linked-quarter net income dipped due to a decline in earning assets and lower transaction volumes.

Double-digit gains in interest and noninterest income more than offset higher deposit, compensation costs.

Facial recognition technology and a person-to-person payments app are just two innovations that have sprung from a workplace that fosters creative thinking and welcomes ideas from across the organization.

The mass retirement of baby boomers and the growing affluence of women are the biggest disruptive forces in the industry, says Gunjan Kedia. Here's how she's dealing with them.

In five years, Moy has built from scratch a thriving business unit that is focused solely on developing easy-to-use, customer-facing technology for U.S. Bancorp's wealth management clients.

Already tasked with fixing Wells Fargo's scandal-plagued retail bank, Mary Mack has added a second big job: running a consumer lending operation that is dealing with reputational issues of its own.

It's a testament to Piepszak's ability to get things done that the bank picked her last year to run one of its most consequential business lines.