Commercial banking

Pockets of job growth — in technology and compliance as well as from branch openings in new cities — are offsetting some of the dramatic cuts elsewhere at the world’s largest lenders.

UBS promoted female bankers to key positions at the top of world's largest wealth manager, broadening the pool of potential candidates to eventually succeed Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti and bringing more diversity to the board.

Bank of America is building up its teams focused on the world's wealthiest family offices, buyout firms and sovereign wealth funds to take advantage of a surge in dealmaking.

Toronto-Dominion — the Canadian bank known for fat net interest margins, the difference between what a bank charges for loans and pays for deposits — saw them narrow on both sides of the border in the fiscal third quarter.

Scotiabank's earnings topped analysts' estimates on a surge in profit in its international-banking division, fueled by a sharpened focus on Latin America. Bank of Montreal, meanwhile, fell short of expectations as growth was more muted at its U.S. personal-and-commercial banking division.

After years of keeping a low profile, banks plan to spend in next year’s elections; the digital currency has eyes on the unbanked.

Capital One agreed to buy KippsDeSanto, a Northern Virginia company that specializes in advice to the defense and government contracting sectors.

Christopher Maher is kicking the tires on an "acquisition of size" that would propel the New Jersey bank across the $10 billion-asset mark.

To combat the notion that regional banks’ tech offerings are inferior, the combined BB&T-SunTrust will have to go “toe-to-toe” with big banks, BB&T chief Kelly King said ahead of shareholder approval of the deal Tuesday.

Other executives are being considered, too, but the list is dwindling as JPMorgan’s Gordon Smith and other big names are said to be out of the running. Meanwhile, senior Wells executives have pushed to keep interim CEO Allen Parker.