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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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 -
The megabank reported a big increase in credit costs for the third quarter, which included a reserve build of $1 billion.
October 11 -
Now that earnings season has kicked off, investors will be paying close attention for signs of loan growth and deposit pricing relief, though analysts don't expect improvements to materialize right away.
October 10 -
In a letter to Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged the regulator to curtail the megabank's growth in response to its failure to improve its risk management programs.
October 3 -
As political campaigns become more expensive and more complicated, meet the banks that have become the preferred financial institutions for the Republican and Democratic parties.
October 3 -
The Federal Reserve has lifted a 2013 order relating to anti-money-laundering compliance issues, including in the megabank's now-defunct Banamex USA unit.
October 1 -
Banks in the hurricane's path are focused on finding employees and restarting operations. Those that do business in Western North Carolina are facing an especially grueling recovery.
September 30 -
After the bank's 2014 spinoff from Royal Bank of Scotland, its executives worked to shore up weaknesses. Now they're concentrating on how to close the gap with regional banking peers.
September 24 -
The Citi CEO has been focused on revamping the $2.4 trillion-asset megabank and is making progress on streamlining management layers and making investments in risk management.
September 24 -
In early May, Kedia was promoted to president of U.S. Bancorp. She was previously vice chair, wealth, corporate, commercial and institutional banking at U.S. Bank.
September 24 -
A new academic paper dives into the key factors that have caused bank failures over the past 160 years.
September 20 -
Donald Felix, who has previously worked at JPMorgan Chase and Citi, will become Carver's president and CEO on Nov. 1. He succeeds interim CEO Craig MacKay, who's been running the unprofitable bank for the past year.
September 17 -
Tim Ryan, who joined the megabank in June, will work with COO Anand Selva to oversee enhancements to Citigroup's data integrity systems, according to a memo.
September 16 -
Executives at the super-regional bank told investors that years of investments are poised to start paying off in rising profits, but the market seemed skeptical about the company's plan forward.
September 12 -
The North Carolina bank lowered its medium-term target for return on tangible common equity target, reflecting the fact that the financial projections for the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks have not come to fruition.
September 10 -
The Dallas company, which has been in transformation mode for three years, recently took a series of actions to try to meet the profitability targets it set for itself.
September 6 -
The third-largest Canadian bank's proposed minority stake in KeyCorp is an unconventional way to generate more U.S. revenue. Analysts say it's a less risky approach than buying an American bank outright.
August 23 -
Fortuna Bank in Columbus would be the third U.S. bank specifically formed to be women-owned, according to its organizers. Supporters say it's another win toward obtaining gender-equitable capital access.
August 12 -
The parent company of Fulton Bank announced the creation of three new management roles and promoted existing employees into those jobs. The changes follow the recent hiring of an outsider to be CFO.
August 6 -
The Kansas City, Missouri-based regional bank said it is making progress on its pending purchase of Heartland Financial USA in Denver. The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of 2025.
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