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 Long Island-based lender has released a number of new details about its reconfiguration following a $1 billion capital injection led by two former Trump administration officials.
March 12 -
The turmoil at New York Community Bancorp resumed Thursday with the departure of CEO Thomas Cangemi. The embattled regional bank, which also recorded a $2.4 billion goodwill impairment charge and disclosed other new problems, saw its share price plunge.
February 29 -
The Toronto-based company wrung out $800 million USD in cost savings in connection with last year's acquisition of Bank of the West, a bright spot in an otherwise tough quarter across most business segments.
February 27 -
The hiring of Viswas Raghavan as Citi's head of banking is the latest move by the global bank to attract talent from rivals. His departure set off more leadership tweaks at JPMorgan Chase.
February 26 -
Like the three regional banks that failed last spring, New York Community grew quickly over a short period of time. One analyst said there's now "permanent damage" to the "investor psyche around growth banks."
February 14 -
The megabank recently received three notices of matters requiring immediate attention, and it also failed regulatory exams, Reuters reported. Since 2020, Citigroup's regulators have been pressuring the company to clean up its risk management systems.
February 12 -
In a surprise move this week, banking veteran Sandro DiNello was appointed executive chairman of the embattled Long Island-based company, whose stock plummeted in the face of questions about its financial health.
February 9 -
The regional bank announced a leadership shakeup on Wednesday, capping a tumultuous week in which shareholders became spooked about its exposure to the commercial real estate sector.
February 7 -
Former Flagstar CEO Alessandro DiNello, who had been New York Community's nonexecutive chairman, was named executive chairman after the Long Island bank's stock price fell by more than 59% in a week. New York Community also issued updates on both its deposit situation and its search for a new chief risk officer.
February 6 -
The North Carolina bank agreed to offload Sterling Capital Management to Guardian Capital Group in Toronto. It's the latest step in the effort to simplify Truist.
February 2
