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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Mary McNiff, who was in charge of corporate compliance functions until last month, will now serve as chief operating officer of Citigroup's institutional clients group. She will report to Paco Ybarra, CEO of the division.
June 16 -
The state-sponsored entity plans to launch a $250 million “community decarbonization fund” to finance electrification, energy efficiency and onsite power projects in disadvantaged communities.
June 16 -
The Pittsburgh company is adjusting the structure of a unit that has a national reach following the acquisition of most of BBVA’s U.S. operations. PNC has also named Jennifer Lee as the private bank’s head of U.S. markets.
June 10 -
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Bank of America Vice Chairman Paul Donofrio were among the high-level executives who last year received multimillion-dollar retention payments. The awards — sometimes known as “golden handcuffs” — were driven by the most competitive job market in recent history.
June 7 -
As the potential for a recession looms, the New York bank is continuing with its plan to grow wealth management and shrink its foreign consumer banking footprint.
June 3 -
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon chastised institutional investors who follow the recommendations of proxy advisory services without doing their own homework. The comments came after the bank’s shareholders voted down pay packages for Dimon and other top executives.
June 1 -
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon expressed even deeper concern Wednesday about the likelihood of an economic downturn than he has in recent months. Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf was less pessimistic, but he still spoke of the “reality that the economy has to slow.”
June 1 -
Alex Overstrom will succeed Karen Larrimer, who plans to retire at the end of the year, the Pittsburgh company said.
May 31 -
Heartland BancCorp recently added Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to its board of directors. One government watchdog group said the move raises questions about potential and perceived conflicts of interest.
May 24 -
Bible, who has served as chief financial officer since the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, will stay on the job until a successor is found.
May 20
