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 Denver-based bank-holding company's pending acquisition of Vista Bancshares in Dallas is an opportunity to expand into key fast-growing Texas markets and deepen its talent bench, CEO Tim Laney told analysts.
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At a banking conference this week, there was growing optimism that a key regulatory threshold will be raised from $100 billion to $250 billion.
September 12 -
Sherwood leads direct-to-consumer auto and personal loans, cards and secured lending at the bank where she's spent her whole career.
September 10 -
CEO Curtis Farmer tried to assure skeptics Tuesday that the Dallas-based bank is focused on shareholder value and profitability, even as an activist investor group prepares to launch a board fight.
September 9 -
The superregional bank, which pulled the plug on bitcoin custody services in 2022, is reintroducing those services following the demise of an unfavorable SEC rule.
September 3 -
On Thursday, the two banks disclosed a presentation that seeks to reinforce the strategic rationale behind the proposed $8.6 billion deal.
August 28 -
Aron Levine, the Canadian bank's new U.S. president, said BMO intends to invest in technology and spend more on branches. The company's moves, which also include the recent combination of its U.S. businesses, are part of a plan to boost its return on equity.
August 26 -
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, which is focusing its growth push in the Southeast, is also planning to renovate 300 existing offices as part of an effort to attract more mass-affluent customers.
August 20 -
The faster timelines for completing bank mergers this year reflects a transformed regulatory environment under the Trump administration. In several cases, deals have closed just a few months after they've been announced.
August 20 -
The Providence, Rhode Island-based bank has hired Aunoy Banerjee as its next CFO, a role that will be vacated by State Street hire John Woods. Banerjee is currently the CFO of Barclays Bank PLC.
August 12
