Commercial banking
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.
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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 -
New York Fed researchers found that banks operating in areas hit by tornadoes, floods and other calamities weren’t financially hurt by those disasters. That surprising result comes with significant caveats, however.
April 5
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Robyn Luhning, the bank’s head of environmental and social risk management, takes the position at a time when financing for the fossil-fuel industry faces scrutiny. Other large banks have created similar roles in recent years.
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 -
Climate activists have forced votes this spring on whether big banks should move more aggressively to cut off their financing of fossil-fuel companies.
March 29 -
The Federal Reserve's unanimous approval is a win for the Rhode Island company, though it will have have to take part in an additional round of stress tests in 2023.
March 22 -
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 Cincinnati bank and two payments companies have reached an agreement with merchants in California who accused them of illegally recording customer-service calls. The deal must still be approved by a federal judge.
March 15 -
In a survey last month, only one in 10 chief executives identified mergers as their top priority, while 77% pointed to organic growth. The sparse interest in dealmaking may be due to volatile markets, along with slower approvals from regulators.
March 14
