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 majority of banks on American Banker's Best Banks to Work For 2024 list are small banks with assets of less than $3 billion.
November 13 -
CEO Robert Fehlman will retire at the end of the year and be succeeded by his predecessor, George Makris Jr., the Arkansas-based company said Tuesday.
November 12 -
This year, 90 banks made American Banker's 12th annual Best Banks to Work For ranking. The leaders of these institutions share how they keep their employees happy.
November 12 -
The Pittsburgh-based superregional bank plans to build more than 200 new branches in 12 states by 2029, twice the number it announced in February, in a bid to increase scale.
November 8 -
The bank, which is rebranding to Flagstar Financial, still expects to meet 2027 earnings goals, despite reduced profit projections for the next couple of years.
October 25 -
The first panel Tuesday at American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking Conference focused on banks' use of AI tools.
October 22 -
Openbank, which has operated in parts of Europe for years, should help the Spanish bank to fund its U.S. auto lending business, executives said.
October 21 -
The North Carolina-based company expects its revenue to outpace expenses next year — a goal that has proven elusive over the five years of Truist's existence.
October 17 -
The regional bank's earnings were impacted by challenges in its office loan portfolio, though its overall results were a mixed bag, with its nascent private bank showing momentum.
October 16 -
Analysts peppered CEO Jane Fraser with questions about whether Citigroup, already hit hard by its regulators, could face asset growth restrictions. She said there is "absolutely nothing" in the works that could impact the megabank's businesses.
October 15
