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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After the megabank was hit with $136 million in regulatory fines over its alleged failure to comply with 4-year-old consent orders, analysts assessed the likely fallout. "There is clearly frustration on the part of regulators," one analyst wrote.
July 10
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The ratings firm evaluated 4,100 loans to assess the state of 41 banks' commercial real estate risk. It found that the lenders should be holding, on average, about twice the amount of reserves they currently have for office loans.
July 9
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In this month's roundup of top banking news: a cease-and-desist issued by the Federal Reserve, high CFO turnover, the end of Chevron deference and more.
July 3
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First Foundation will use the large investment to shrink its multifamily loan portfolio, which has weighed down its earnings since interest rates began rising.
July 2
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Maryland-based Forbright Bank, which is led by a onetime Democratic presidential candidate, relied extensively on brokered deposits as it grew after a 2021 rebranding. The bank says it has made changes in response to regulators' concerns.
July 2
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The top five community banks have more than $1.2 billion in combined farm loan portfolios as of March 31, 2024.
July 2
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Bloom Credit Union and West Michigan Credit Union aim to join forces; Long Island-based New York Community Bancorp plans a reverse stock split; Providence, Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial hires longtime California banker to lead its middle-market team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
June 28
