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  • Ag lending
    Loan growth sprouts at small ag banks as crop prices rally

    Smaller lenders have proved more aggressive than their larger rivals in making new loans during the farm country rebound. Market watchers warn that the price boom may not last.

    By Jon Prior
    May 5
  • Loan-loss provisions
    Cullen/Frost holds off on reserve release, will add branches in Dallas

    The Texas company kept allowances steady, citing lingering concerns over the pandemic and commercial real estate. Yet it plans to open 25 offices in Dallas after a similar expansion in Houston drove asset and customer growth.

    By Jon Prior
    April 29
  • Auto lending
    Hitting the brakes on subprime auto lending

    Looming defaults and the potential for heavier regulatory scrutiny have prompted banks to pull back from the sector. Is that a good thing?

    By Jon Prior
    April 28
  • Regional banks
    Banco Santander leaning more on U.S. operation for growth

    The company’s retail banking and auto-lending businesses in the U.S. generated a larger share of overall profits in the first quarter, and Executive Chairman Ana Botín and other executives unveiled expansion plans for both units.

    By Jon Prior
    April 28
  • Small business lending
    Behind PNC’s $88 billion commitment to invest in communities

    The investment, tied to PNC's deal to acquire BBVA USA, was always going to be large but seemed to grow as CEO Bill Demchak got intimately involved in the discussions and the needs of communities and businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic became more apparent.

    By Jon Prior
    April 28
  • Commercial lending
    Energy lending will rebound in second half: BOK

    Oil and gas companies — flush with cash from rising oil prices — are catching up on debt payments and will seek new credit later in the year as the economy recovers, the Oklahoma company says.

    By Jon Prior
    April 21
  • Earnings
    Regionals lean on fees — not just reserve releases — to boost 1Q profits

    At Comerica and Synovus, higher fees from cards, mortgage banking and other sources helped to offset declines in net interest income.

    By Jon Prior
    April 20
  • Commercial lending
    PNC's Demchak does not share rivals' optimism about loan demand

    The leaders of Citizens Financial and Truist predict lending will bounce back in the second half of 2021 as the economy normalizes. But PNC chief Bill Demchak says there are scant signs that businesses are gearing up for a rebound.

    By Jon Prior
    April 16
  • Overdrafts
    Cullen/Frost creates program to reduce overdraft charges

    The San Antonio company will no longer charge fees on transactions of $100 or less that take checking account balances into negative territory, as long as the customer has a $500 monthly direct deposit set up.

    By Jon Prior
    April 15
  • Earnings
    Truist accelerates branch cuts, closes in on expense targets

    The Charlotte, N.C., company has shuttered 400 branches in the past year and intends to close nearly 500 more by early 2022. It’s also eliminating office space and reducing headcount as it aims to keep quarterly expenses under $3 billion.

    By Jon Prior
    April 15
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