Retail & Commercial

Net interest margin widened 12 basis points, too. Those lending results offset a decline in fee income at the Minneapolis company, which saw earnings rise 4%.

The company, which plans to change its name to Hancock Whitney next year, reported increased profit that reflected balance sheet growth.

Burgess, chairman of FirstCapital Bank of Texas, succeeds Dorothy Savarese, of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Massachusetts, as chairman of the American Bankers Association.

Debbie Meekins is running First Community Bank in Santa Rosa while simultaneously taking steps to rebuild her own life after her home of 19 years went up in flames.

Cybersecurity and breach notification procedures have caught the most public attention following the massive hack at Equifax, but lawmakers are also interested in the accuracy of credit reports.

TD Bank has pledged $3 million to provide credit counseling to small-business owners. The hope is that those owners will use commercial loans to replace personal credit cards and home equity as their primary forms of business funding.

Martin Chavez reminded analysts Tuesday that while the Wall Street firm may be new consumer lending, the executives leading the unit are all veterans of the sector.

The president of the St. Louis Fed said that regulators should go back to the pre-Dodd Frank framework for small banks, while warning about changes to the system as fintechs expand their presence.

The current regulatory focus drives the growth of ever-larger, harder-to-manage and harder-to-regulate megabanks, while community banks have been left to be picked up by acquirers.

PacWest reversed a valuation allowance on tax credits, which helped boost third-quarter earnings. PacWest also expects its deal for CU Bancorp to close this week.