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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Robert Sarver, who is majority owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, will retire from his longtime role on the board of directors of Western Alliance Bancorp. in June, the company said. Sarver and the Suns are being investigated by the National Basketball Association regarding allegations of racism and misogyny within the Suns organization.
April 8 -
Citigroup and Bank of America are partnering with four large European banks to create a methodology for assessing how well companies in the air-travel sector are doing in meeting climate-related targets.
April 7 -
In his annual letter to shareholders, the JPMorgan Chase CEO wrote that although the U.S. economy remains strong, “we should prepare for the potential negative outcomes.” He also provided more detail about the megabank’s big spending plans.
April 4 -
Vernon Hill, Ellen Alemany and Joseph Otting are among the executives whose careers took a turn after their company was acquired. Here’s a look at what eight CEOs did after their time atop a bank ended.
April 3 -
The chief executives at Bank of America, KeyCorp and Goldman Sachs are among those who were paid substantially more for 2021 performance than for the previous year, when the pandemic hurt profitability and other financial metrics.
March 28 -
Zions Bancorp. and Webster Financial are among the inaugural members of the Risk Management Association’s climate-risk consortium for regional institutions. Like its large-bank counterpart, the group will work with banks to help guide the economy's transition to a low-carbon future.
March 23 -
David Miree will become global head of diversity, equity and inclusion for the New York megabank. He will succeed Brian Lamb, who will move into a new role in the firm’s commercial banking business.
March 22 -
The City Council recently voted 15-1 to establish a financial authority that would provide credit enhancements on loans to underserved borrowers. Public banking advocates say the effort is both an interim step for Philadelphia and a test case for other cities.
March 21 -
In response to the war in Ukraine, the custody bank is no longer pursuing new business in Russia. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have all announced similar moves.
March 18 -
The megabank will cover costs incurred by employees and family members who travel out of state to receive an abortion. The policy drew immediate fire from Republicans in Texas, which has banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and where Citi has been tangling with the GOP over gun policies.
March 16
