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 bank has long had a program in place to train new employees, but now it’s testing a pilot to help retrain existing staff for different careers at the institution.
November 15
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Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat added to the chorus of bankers offering warnings about credit risks that loom outside of the banking industry.
November 14
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The California company will pay $280 million for Leerink Holdings, which focuses on health care and life science firms.
November 13
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The mutual holding company received regulatory approval to form a limited-purpose commercial bank, allowing it to work around a state law barring mutuals from working with municipalities.
November 13
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The results won’t do much to stimulate loan growth but could still provide the boost that investors have been waiting for.
November 7
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The decision by Citigroup’s board to name an independent director as its next chairman — and not elevate CEO Michael Corbat to the post — is seen as good governance, but it’s also a sign that the company’s recovery from the financial crisis remains a work in progress.
November 5
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The $660 million investment from Hudson Executive Capital is seen as a vote of confidence in Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing.
November 1
