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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While bankers feel more positive about the environment since the election, taking advantage of the new environment is what’s really important.
January 27
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With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, smaller banks see a window of opportunity.
January 26
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The spike in fees compensated for lower interest income.
January 25
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Even with some energy firms still struggling, bankers seemed confident that the Texas economy would remain one of the nation’s strongest in 2017.
January 25
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Huntington Bancshares says it is especially well positioned to benefit from a commercial lending boom that could accompany a revival of U.S. heavy industry, but other lenders also say they are upbeat.
January 25
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The Wayne, N.J., company posted double-digit gains in interest and nontinterest income.
January 25
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said it plans to move $1 trillion in custodial and fund services for client assets to JPMorgan Chase from State Street.
January 25
