The Pittsburgh company beat analysts’ expectations and reported double-digit loan growth even excluding assets added in a recent acquisition. A pending deal in North Carolina would provide it a ready source of low-cost deposits in a rising-rate environment, the CEO says.

The Cleveland company says a second-quarter decline in investment banking and debt placement revenues won’t change its plans to keep hiring bankers to expand that business.

The Georgia bank said inflationary pressures and interest rate hikes could erode interest among borrowers, particularly in the commercial real estate business. Total loans grew at a 12% clip in the second quarter.

Banks in the U.S. and Middle East continue to do what self-sanctioning is stopping their European counterparts from doing: financing the trade of crucial Russian crops and fertilizers.

The Buffalo, New York, bank flagged urban hotels and construction projects as potential sources of trouble. “But there’s nothing that’s flashing red right now that says there’s a big crisis coming,” said a top executive.

Executives said Wednesday that more than half of the deposits that left the Chicago trust bank were “nonoperational” in nature, or excess funds that institutional investors are moving elsewhere for higher returns. The outflow wasn’t unexpected as interest rates rise.

Unlike some of its peers, the Dallas bank says the U.S. economy is strong, clients are upbeat and lending momentum continues.