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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Data suggests that bank-focused shareholder activism in 2026 could exceed last year's activity, as investors continue to seek managerial and operational changes.
August 31
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The banks are tapping the brakes on their role as sale channels for Delaware Life Insurance Co. amid a U.S. investigation of billionaire financier Mark Walter's sprawling business empire.
August 29
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Mergers have been rising during the second Trump administration. That's likely to continue, experts say. Here's the state of M&A in the banking industry.
August 29
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Royal Bank of Canada executives said they see plenty of organic-growth opportunities in the U.S., including in Texas, but would also consider acquisitions.
August 27
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Tupelo, Mississippi-based Renasant Corp. hired Catherine Mealor, who covered the company for Keefe Bruyette & Woods, to succeed the retiring Jim Mabry.
August 27
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The Canadian bank, which generates a significant portion of its revenue in the states, is on a path toward higher returns in the U.S., executives said Tuesday.
August 25
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Valley National Bank, which spent two years reducing its large concentration in commercial real estate loans, announced plans Tuesday to buy a bank in the competitive Chicago market.
August 25
