Retail & Commercial

Community banks and credit unions have pooled their resources and ideas to develop a bilingual challenger bank, banking-as-a-service playbook, cheaper alternative to Zelle and other innovations.

The New York bank, which recorded an 8% increase in expenses last year, projects that they will rise by 5% in 2023. Other megabanks are also contending with higher costs.

When the latest quarter's figures get added to it next week, that cumulative loss at the Platform Solutions unit — which includes Goldman's consumer lending operations — will approach $4 billion over three years and $2 billion for 2022, people with knowledge of the matter said.

A month after the National Community Reinvestment Coalition blasted KeyBank's mortgage lending record to Black borrowers, the group said it will send letters to the Federal Reserve and OCC about its findings.

The Cincinnati bank plans to close branches in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and to open up to 35 locations in 2023.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown boosted earnings through the first nine months of 2022, but not enough to satisfy Abbott Cooper, who called the company a "prolonged underperformer."

Ryan Crowley, previously a Citigroup client-experience executive, replaces the unit's former chief operating officer, Pooja Daswani. The company also picked a CEO for its North America business and launched a search for a new wealth management chief.

The move, which comes with an unspecified number of layoffs, is expected to cost the company $3.8 million to $4.6 million in pretax charges in the second quarter.

The shift opens the door for regional banks to increase their aggregation activities, analysts said.

After weaker-than-expected earnings in the third quarter of 2022, several large banks halted share repurchases in a bid to build capital.