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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For the first time in four years, more small businesses reported a drop in income than an increase, according to a survey by the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks.
March 27
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The top five bank holding companies have combined total consumer loan portfolios of more than $1.95 trillion.
March 24
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San Antonio-based Broadway National Bank hopes marketing campaigns featuring old presidents with new looks will boost brand recognition in Dallas and Houston.
March 24
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The New York bank's moves add to a series of workforce reductions across Wall Street as bosses navigate an uncertain economic outlook.
March 19
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The regional bank, which hired a commercial banking team away from Citizens Financial Group, has identified growth opportunities not only in the Garden State, but also in Pennsylvania and Texas.
March 12
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President Donald Trump's tariff policies will strain some banks' business customers, as their supply chains will have to be reconfigured. But uncertainty is the real headwind.
March 12
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Six proposals involving the purchase of a bank were terminated or rejected in 2024.
March 7
