Kristin Broughton

CIBC’s CEO vows to stay “disciplined” in his bid to buy PrivateBancorp, even as some of the Chicago bank’s investors say the deal is insufficient. The head of RBC, meanwhile, said it will pursue organic growth instead of acquisitions, at least for a while.

The Dallas-based lender is planning to boost originations to borrowers with solid credit scores amid fears that the subprime auto market is overheating.

She will be joined on the board by Ronald Sargent, a retired chairman and CEO of the office-supply company Staples.

The number of new checking accounts at the embattled Wells Fargo fell by double digits year over year, and account closures remained brisk. Yet the figures on credit card applications were worse.

Chatter about bank-nonbank combinations pops up frequently, as it did in a low-profile way this week, but there are reasons you should be skeptical even in these anything-could-happen times.

If Washington lowers taxes as much as banks and the rest of corporate America hope, it will yield a bonanza of earnings per share, new tech investments or investor dividends … right? Not exactly, bank leaders warn.

The Cleveland company has tapped Jamie Warder for the senior-level post.

The Toronto company will add as many as 75 small-business bankers in several of its key U.S. markets.

Longtime TCF Chairman and CEO Bill Cooper, who died Tuesday at the age of 73, is being remembered as an innovator who never forgot where he came from.

Cooper built TCF into a Midwestern powerhouse by targeting what he called the “Joe Lunch-Bucket crowd.”