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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For the second straight year, Goldman Sachs shareholders have filed a proposal calling for more details on racial and gender pay gaps. The request comes as the investment banking giant faces scrutiny over its lack of high-ranking women leaders.
March 19 -
The troubled Long Island-based lender laid out steps that it's taking to improve its loan-review process. The remediation efforts follow a massive loan provision last quarter, which led to a management shake-up and a $1 billion rescue led by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
March 14 -
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.
By Kevin WackFebruary 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