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 regional bank has launched a digital student banking center that's part of a broader strategy to focus on relationship-building.
October 10 -
Don McCree, who has led commercial banking at Citizens since 2015, plans to retire next year. His successor, Ted Swimmer, who was in charge of capital markets, took over on Tuesday.
October 7 -
The Oklahoma City native, who joined Truist in early 2024, oversees a mix of businesses including commercial and corporate banking, commercial real estate, investment banking and wealth management.
October 7 -
For the fifth consecutive year, Fraser is American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking. The CEO, who is nearing her fifth anniversary in the job, remains keenly focused on generating higher revenues, cutting expenses and closing the profitability gap with peers.
October 6 -
Fifth Third announced it plans to buy the Dallas bank in a $10.9 billion transaction.
October 6 -
Many banks lowered the interest rates they pay on certificates of deposits and high-yield savings accounts in September, capitalizing on the Fed's 25-basis-point cut.
October 6 -
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, community bank agreed to acquire 1st Colonial Bancorp in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, in a $101 million deal that would help deepen its presence in greater Philadelphia.
September 26 -
The American Bankers Association's Economic Advisory Committee expects the economy to grow, albeit at a slower pace than it previously anticipated. The group pointed to stubbornly high inflation and a weakening job market.
September 24 -
The head of Santander's stateside operations built a career in banking by finding ways to "yes" to opportunities, even if they didn't seem like "the perfect fit," she said.
September 24 -
QNB's proposed $41 million deal to acquire The Victory Bancorp in Limerick, Pennsylvania, is set to create a community bank with $2.4 billion of assets.
September 23
