Allissa Kline is a Buffalo, New York-based reporter who writes about national and regional banks and commercial and retail banking trends. She joined American Banker in 2020 and previously worked for more than a decade at Buffalo Business First, where she covered banking and finance, insurance and accounting. Kline started her journalism career at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York. She graduated from Colgate University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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The Dallas-based regional bank's return on average assets exceeded its goal of 1.1% for the first time, coming in at 1.3% for the third quarter. The bank has been in transformation mode since 2021.
7h ago -
An apparent increase in large-scale borrower fraud and the hot environment for bank mergers were the key themes as banks discussed their third-quarter results.
10h ago -
Bank of America has a playbook for government shutdowns, which includes providing fee and payment waivers as well as loan deferrals and forbearance programs, CEO Brian Moynihan said at the American Bankers Association's annual convention.
October 21 -
The Boston-based bank is the second bank in three months to face pressure to sell by the activist investor group HoldCo Asset Management.
October 20 -
Regional banks say their asset quality is solid amid skittish investors. The KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index was largely stable Friday after falling by as much as 7% the day before.
October 17 -
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank reported net income of $1.45 billion for the third quarter and earnings per share of $1.04, which beat analysts' forecast of $0.99 per share.
October 17 -
The Bank of New York Mellon had 117 different AI solutions in production at the end of September, Chairman and CEO Robin Vince said. That's up 75% from the second quarter.
October 16 -
The Canadian bank plans to sell the branches, which are mostly in the Midwest and Great Plains, to First Citizens Bank in North Carolina. At the same time, it plans to build 150 branches over the next five years in markets with longer-term growth prospects.
October 16 -
Amid a surge in bank mergers, Citizens CEO Bruce Van Saun said the Providence, Rhode Island-based bank is largely focused on organic growth. "It would have to be a pretty high bar for us to go down that path," he said.
October 15 -
The megabank's multiyear effort to simplify its business model and improve its risk management is starting to pay off in the form of more consistent profitability and improved returns, CEO Jane Fraser told analysts.
October 14
