Commercial banking

The top five banks have an average global full-time employee headcount of more than 213,000.

Bank investors hope they can party like it's 1995, when the U.S. economy stayed healthy even after aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes. But a few analysts are a bit more cautious over whether banks' loan books will hold up as well this time.

The top five banks have combined construction loans of more than $71 billion.

At the end of last year, we identified 23 people we thought would be banking changemakers in 2023. Were they? Here's a look back at what happened to each CEO, regulator, official, fintech executive and expert on the list.

Heading into the year, U.S. banks were facing pressure to pay higher rates to their depositors. But they could not have anticipated just how important deposits would soon become.

Here is a highlight of 10 great American Banker Magazine features from the year. Topics range from redlining to the Most Influential Women in Fintech.

Walmart adds BNPL to self-checkout via Affirm, Uber integrates with payment firms Brex and Ramp, Fulton Financial announces next president and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

Banks large and small are selling some or all of their insurance subsidiaries, enticed by the high prices they're being offered. Here's a rundown of the deals that were struck in 2023.

The industry needs to get to a 4-to-1 ratio of clean energy versus fossil-fuel financing. At the end of last year, it was 0.73 to 1— little changed from 2021.

Analysts agree that the Long Island-based bank will probably absorb some losses due to its exposure to struggling segments of the commercial real estate market. But they differ on the extent of the likely damage.