Retail & Commercial

Deposits keep flooding in, mortgage lending shows signs of cooling, and bankers can’t agree on when commercial lending will rebound. Here’s what we learned from first-quarter results.

The proposed acquisition is the second deal in as two days to involve an Atlanta-based seller.

CEO John Turner said green projects present a strong business opportunity for the Birmingham, Ala., company.

Bankers say the federal tax exemption for credit unions costs U.S. taxpayers $2 billion each year. But eliminating it would prevent the not-for-profit financial institutions from channeling their savings into higher rates and lower fees that stimulate commerce — and generate additional tax income.

The Illinois companies agreed to merge in a transaction that is expected to close later this year.

Citigroup could fetch as much as $6 billion from the sale of retail banking assets in 13 markets across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East as the lender forges ahead with plans to fine-tune its global branch network, people familiar with the plan said.

The company promoted Bob Fehlman to become its president and hired Jay Brogdon from Stephens Inc. to succeed Fehlman as chief financial officer.

Ken Meyer, who will speak at American Banker's Digital Banking AI & Automation conference next week, says banks should be able to quickly catch up with big technology companies and financial services upstarts in the adoption of artificial intelligence without alienating customers or running afoul of regulators.

The Georgia company agreed to pay $84 million for a bank with nine branches and $715 million of assets.

The deal would be Independent's sixth since 2015 and would continue a wave of consolidation among Boston-area banks.