Laura Alix

Koebler, the bank's head of consumer lending, will replace Jerome Lienhard, who is retiring.

The Dallas bank inherited the five Bank of the Hills branches when it acquired Sterling Bancshares in 2011.

A deal between TD Bank and a Vermont nonprofit is just one example of how banks are getting creative in addressing affordable housing needs while reaping financial and regulatory benefits.

The U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish company Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria benefited from healthy growth in consumer, credit card and C&I lending in the third quarter.

The Cleveland bank gave details on a program for trimming 5% in expenses next year in order to ensure its efficiency ratio goals are met.

Big banks have plans to open hundreds of branches in new markets to add deposits, but smaller regionals have largely sought to hold the line on costs. Cullen/Frost Bankers' decision to double its branch count in Houston may be a sign that midsize banks are rethinking their retail strategy.

The Minneapolis company said in an email to American Banker that it would reduce its headcount by approximately 1%, or about 740 positions, across the company.

The Florida bank set aside much less money to cover soured medallion loans in the third quarter, and total loans rose more than 7%.

The pressure is on for banks to lean more heavily on capital markets, wealth management and other nonmortgage sources of fee income. That could get tougher in upcoming quarters.

Though consumer lending and C&I lending improved at the Cincinnati company, its corporate and mortgage banking revenues fell in the third quarter. Last year Fifth Third also posted a one-time gain of $1B associated with its sale of shares in Vantiv, complicating the comparison.