Commercial banking

Its new training program will try to make commercial bankers out of professionals who left the workforce and want back in. It is another example of a bank getting creative in a tight job market.

There's been a significant lag in how financial institutions serve commercial clients with mobile technology, and that creates an opportunity for credit unions.

About 15% of the bank’s partners are likely to leave this year to make room for new ones; the bank said it is looking into why it charges some customers even after their accounts are closed.

The co-head of the bank’s securities division, 55, was once seen as a possible CEO; the institutions are gobbling up small banks at a record pace, prompting pushback from banks.

The Dallas bank has recruited three executives from Deutsche to establish a unit in New York that holds assets in escrow for clients.

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.