
Kristin Broughton
Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.

Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.
New York Community Bancorp on Wednesday reported higher profits as the company hovers below the $50 billion-asset mark and seeks to complete its acquisition of Astoria Financial.
UMB Financial in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday reported higher than expected quarterly profits due to loan growth from a recent acquisition.
Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has fired its chief legal officer over what it describes as a conflict of interest.
Problem technology credits drove down quarterly profits at Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., which said it will pull back on tech lending even though that had become one of its most important niches.
Though several banks have begun automating financial advice for smaller investors, some are also providing more personalized services such as counseling family members who have suddenly inherited a fortune.
Once skeptical of robo advisers, retail banks are starting to embrace them. Several big banks are getting into the business, mostly by forming partnerships with fintech companies. Smaller banks are expected to soon follow suit.
Santander Consumer Holdings USA on Monday delayed the release of its quarterly results amid ongoing accounting woes.
Kelly King, BB&Ts chairman and chief executive, said during his companys quarterly conference call that he supported the effort led by JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to do away with quarterly earnings projections.
Boston Private Financial Holdings on Thursday reported a lower second- quarter profit amid broader declines in its wealth management business.
Strong commercial loan growth drove an 8% year-over-year increase in Private Bancorp's second-quarter profit.
BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday reported higher quarterly profits, driven in part by an uptick in fee income from equipment-lease financing.
The investment banking firm's GS Bank unit has added a large number of consumer deposits since spring, but its success hasn't been cheap.
U.S. Bancorp could see a slight uptick in revenue in its payments business after the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union, Chief Executive Richard Davis said on a conference call Friday.
It's liable to be an uphill climb as banks try to boost revenue and hold profit steady over the rest of the year. Here's why.
U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis reported higher quarterly profit boosted by increased fee revenue from credit and debit cards.
U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis reported higher quarterly profit boosted by increased fee revenue from credit and debit cards.
The $140 billion-asset company disclosed Thursday in a regulatory filing that the Federal Reserve Board downgraded its Community Reinvestment Act rating to "needs to improve."
JPMorgan posted strong gains in consumer deposits and mobile users, and other big banks are expected to do the same. It could be a sign that megabanks are indeed stealing market share from regional and community banks.
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and other big financial institutions are offering paid internships to members of the sandwich generation who left banking to care for children and elderly parents. Here's why the banks are interested.
Santander Consumer Holdings in Dallas on Tuesday appointed William Rainer chairman, and it announced that Blythe Masters has resigned to advise Banco Santander its Spanish parent company on the blockchain.