Commercial Banking News, Strategy & Risk Analysis
American Banker's commercial banking coverage explores how banks serve middle-market and corporate clients, focusing on issues such as interest-rate volatility, regulatory pressure, and intensifying competition for deposits and credit relationships. This section focuses on balance-sheet strategy, commercial lending, treasury and cash management, risk governance, and the technologies reshaping relationship banking.
Learn how institutions are recalibrating growth expectations, managing credit exposure, and using payments and treasury capabilities to deepen client relationships while preserving profitability.
Commercial banking is under structural pressure from higher funding costs, uneven loan demand, and increased supervisory scrutiny. Banks are being forced to prioritize relationship depth, disciplined credit selection, and non-interest income generation rather than balance-sheet expansion alone.
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The Minneapolis company believes a new partnership with LiquidX will grow its niche supply-chain financing business by 'multiples.' The goal is to help more suppliers get paid early in a system that's been pinched throughout the pandemic.
May 10
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Erin Komorowski, a seven-year company veteran, will spearhead efforts to respond to climate change and increase diversity.
May 6
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A cannabis-related company said it has secured a $60 million credit facility backed partly by East West Bank. The California-based regional bank is moving into a realm once dominated by small banks, credit unions and more expensive nonbank lenders.
May 5
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The San Francisco bank is following the lead of other U.S. megabanks by providing shorter-term targets ahead of 2050 climate pledges.
May 5
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Over the past year, BofA has launched or enhanced a slew of technology-based features for business clients of all sizes, from a “start a business” microsite to cash-flow forecasting.
May 5
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Financial losses stemming from sanctions and the threat of cyberattacks are just some of the major concerns from across the industry.
May 5
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The chances of an economic slowdown are rising as the Federal Reserve is poised to take further steps to tame inflation, say the heads of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
May 4
