Commercial lending

The bank is expecting to benefit from the discount airline's first flights to the Aloha State even as a white-hot local housing market starts to cool.

Columbia Banking CEO Hadley Robbins says he's confident the bank can grow on its own as the number of buyout targets in the Pacific Northwest dwindles.

The Rhode Island bank’s deposit costs nearly doubled in the first quarter, but CEO Bruce Van Saun says it has to go on the offensive to sustain loan growth.

A big decrease in noninterest income outweighed cost controls during the first quarter.

The Providence, R.I., bank reported increases in most fee-based lines and loan categories, and it continued to add deposits through its new digital franchise, Citizens Access.

The Alabama company recorded a $91 million loan-loss provision and raised deposit rates during the first quarter.

CEO Joseph DePaolo lamented the tough funding environment after the New York bank said deposit costs jumped 90% in the first quarter. Signature was the second bank Wednesday to report a drag on profits from funding costs.

The Minneapolis bank reported mid- to high-single-digit improvement in those categories, but total loan growth was curbed by declines in CRE and other credit types.

TD and several other banks are licensing credit underwriting and fraud prevention technology from the fintech Avant to get their digital-lending products to market faster.

The findings of a new survey suggest that banks risk becoming irrelevant unless they match the speedier processes that are a key selling point for online lenders.