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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The Canadian bank now expects loan growth in the mid-single-digit range this year, down from a high-single-digit forecast three months ago. "We're not slowing, but the economy is," one executive said.
February 28
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Toronto-Dominion Bank is on the hook for $1.2 after settling litigation over its connection to a massive Ponzi scheme, and Independent Bank Group in Texas agreed to pay $100 million. A third bank, HSBC, settled for a smaller amount.
February 27
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Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.
February 27
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A decline in deposits at many banks is putting upward pressure on loan-to-deposit ratios, a key metric of liquidity. The sharpest increases have come at banks with between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.
February 24
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The rise of e-commerce during the pandemic has fueled demand for warehouse space as companies look to move their products closer to their customers. While a slight slowdown is now under way, bankers still see plenty of business ahead.
February 24
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Net income for the country's six largest banks is expected to fall 15% in the fiscal first quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the largest drop since the third quarter of 2020.
February 23
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Apollo Global Management is in talks to inject the funds to support the leveraged-finance business of Credit Suisse Group's investment banking spinoff First Boston, potentially making it one of the biggest backers of the Swiss lender's revamp.
February 23
