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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Bank of America Corp. told investment bank employees they'll soon be able to take off up to an additional six weeks in a year — with pay.
December 19
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Gabriel Hamani has been named chief executive of BHI USA, the U.S. banking arm of Bank Hapoalim.
December 18
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Bankers remember Bob Wilmers not only for spearheading the growth of M&T, but also embracing his role as the industry's voice in turbulent times.
December 18
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Robert Wilmers joined M&T in 1983 when it had just $2 billion of assets and built it into a regional powerhouse with $120 billion of assets and operations in a dozen states.
December 17
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The holding company structure makes sense for large banks with complex business models and small banks looking to bulk up through acquisitions. But for a large swath of banks in the middle, the benefits are harder to spot.
December 14
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Maria Zuber, who oversees research administration and policy at MIT, has been appointed to the board's enterprise risk and corporate governance committees.
December 14
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Some firms are investing in technology to help insurance clients shift to paperless payment processing.
December 14
