Commercial lending

The Cincinnati bank reported strong profits, but its efforts to lower credit risk curbed lending as expenses rose in the first quarter.

Double-digit consumer-loan growth more than offset a decline in commercial real estate loan balances.

The move toward more asset-based finance shows how CEO Craig Dahl, in his second year at the helm, is reshaping the Minnesota company after its surprise exit from auto lending last year.

Aggressive growth in commercial leasing and asset-based finance helped offset a planned pullback in auto lending at the Wayzata, Minn., company.

After nearly two years of sputtering commercial loan growth, regional bankers are counting heavily on expanding their portfolios of personal loans and other types of consumer credit.

The regional bank's net income rose 37% thanks to those factors and others.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

Randal Quarles found himself in the middle of an issue that typically doesn't fall under a banking regulator's purview.

“We know we've said this before, but we do feel we've put this behind us now,” Joseph DePaolo said Thursday.

Randal Quarles found himself in the middle of an issue that typically doesn't fall under a bank regulator's purview.