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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Though the Providence, Rhode Island, bank is in the midst of three deals, CEO Bruce Van Saun said it remains on the lookout for other nonbank purchases that could help boost fee income and generate cross-selling opportunities.
October 20
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The Dallas company plans to move aggressively to recruit customers and employees of rival banks involved in mergers that are shaking up the banking landscape in two of its key markets.
October 20
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At Fifth Third, Synovus and Zions, third-quarter loan growth and improved outlooks indicate that businesses are finally more open to borrowing. Industrywide data further suggests “a much hoped-for rebound” has begun, according to analysts at Piper Sandler.
October 19
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The bank says it's an investor in and will refer clients to Trovata, which gathers transaction data directly from multiple banks to automate cash reporting, forecasting and analysis for midsize and large companies.
October 19
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the Wall Street firm wouldn’t abruptly stop working with fossil fuel companies, stressing the need for a balanced transition to green energy that avoids higher energy prices.
October 19
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The company created through the combination of BB&T and SunTrust Banks expects to hit two final milestones in the first quarter of 2022. The bank is now turning its focus to performance, CEO Bill Rogers said.
October 15
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The bank, which acquired General Electric’s health care lending business in 2015, is looking to expand its presence amid a merger boom in the sector.
October 15
