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CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday that the bank is positioned well to handle shakiness in the global market, and is still working on its years-long overhaul.

Experts say transaction growth is OK now, but the next year will be fraught with risk.

The Seattle-based company, which had made home loans for more than a century, announced it was quitting the mortgage business in January. It booked nearly 400 small business loans in the first quarter and expects that total to grow as its team gains traction.

The results helped Citigroup lift its return on tangible common equity to 9.1% in the first quarter. CEO Jane Fraser has set a target of 10%-11% by the end of next year.

A string of senior resignations and scrutiny over share sales rocked Bank of America's local operations last year.

The Pittsburgh bank has been looking for the right target to acquire at the right time. But top company executives said Tuesday that deals are likely off the table in the near term because of uncertainty about the direction of tariff policy and interest rates.

The Charlotte, North Carolina bank reaped the benefits of volatile markets and net interest income topped analysts' estimates in the first quarter.

An industry consultant thinks Edward Jones' latest bid to start a bank is an attempt to add revenue sources as the traditional brokerage business becomes less lucrative.

Just three months after hailing a positive "sentiment shift" following last November's election, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon lamented President Trump's trade war and said "the prospect of a recession has increased."

The Buffalo, New York-based bank also said Monday that the commercial real estate lending market has started showing signs of life, but that the renewed competition is crimping its loan growth.