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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We surveyed 164 professionals at banks and credit unions to find out their tech agenda for this year, including investment plans, tech priorities and thoughts on transformational tools. Here's what we found out.
July 10
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Dan Kimerling, whose former company Standard Treasury was acquired by Silicon Valley Bank in 2015, shares his thoughts on what led to the bank's collapse, whether there will be a chilling effect on tech lending and if there is a future for niche banks.
July 6
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Rising interest rates are putting pressure on multifamily housing borrowers — especially investors who were looking for a quick return.
July 5
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In this annual list, American Banker examines key metrics of the 10 highest performing small regional banks.
July 3
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The KBW Bank Index gained more than 5% in June, marking its best period since January, before several high-profile bank failures.
June 30
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Cullen/Frost, Columbia, Synovus, Valley National and Associated all have relatively large exposures to the office sector, which has been hurt by the popularity of remote work. Their executives point to factors that offer protection, including the geographic composition of their portfolios and the types of buildings that serve as collateral.
June 27
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The bank hasn't managed debt sales in Texas since a measure took effect in 2021 that bars governmental entities from working with companies that "discriminate" against firearms businesses. BofA's "current risk-based framework and policies" can comply with that law, a lawyer for the bank has told the state.
June 27
