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 firm's head of commercial banking has set out to ensure leaders possess digital skills equal to those of the people they lead.
October 6
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The firm's global head of commercial cards motivated a team of more than 1,500 employees to chase new business during a global economic downturn.
October 6
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Clark heads global transaction banking at MUFG Americas Holdings and is Bay Area president of MUFG Union Bank.
October 6
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In addition to leading Huntington’s Michigan operation, Pierce oversees the bank's in-house insurance agency, its vehicle finance business and its $100 billion-plus private banking business.
October 6
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The firm's chief digital officer is responsible for ensuring a digital-first approach to all areas of the bank.
October 6
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As one of KeyCorp’s most senior executives, Mago has made it a priority to hire more women and minorities on her team.
October 6
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Smith, who heads technology and operations, is overseeing two major tech initiatives: the conversion of Zions' core banking systems and the construction of a new, 400,000-square-foot technology center.
October 6
