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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Royal Bank of Canada is optimistic that new U.S. leadership, including former Fifth Third CEO Greg Carmichael, can rejuvenate its struggling City National Bank.
February 28
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After Carter Bankshares sought to auction one of his properties, Gov. Jim Justice promised to "push back like you can't imagine."
February 28
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BNP Paribas Asset Management says its ESG clients have been moving into money market funds in reaction to volatility in the market.
February 28
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Bharat Masrani has spent a decade as the Canadian bank's top executive and is pushing 70. But as the bank undergoes a U.S. Justice Department probe, it's unclear when he'll step down or who's next in line.
February 27
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CEO Charlie Scharf has added another former JPMorgan Chase colleague to his leadership team as his shake-up of Wells Fargo continues. The hire of veteran investment banker Doug Braunstein comes as Scharf makes progress on his efforts to grow Wells' investment bank.
February 27
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The Toronto-based company wrung out $800 million USD in cost savings in connection with last year's acquisition of Bank of the West, a bright spot in an otherwise tough quarter across most business segments.
February 27
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Many banks could benefit greatly from overhauling their internal culture when it comes to meetings. Both performance and morale stand to benefit.
February 27
