Economy

The Wisconsin bank's pending acquisition of 32 Huntington branches would boost its ability to make more loans, but like other banks it said deposit costs are cutting into margins.

The San Antonio bank reported 6.8% growth in loans, but Phil Green said he was unwilling to match overly generous prices and underwriting terms that he is seeing in the market.

The artificial intelligence engine will handle simple queries directly, feed information to customer service reps for others and analyze all calls.

As with the debate over guns, climate change and other social issues, banks may find themselves pressured to do more to address the country's wealth gap.

Investors seem to be betting that a long-rumored sale of the Dallas company is on hold now that it has named a new CEO, but analysts say it remains an attractive takeover target for a larger regional bank.

Now that the Cincinnati company recently completed its first bank acquisition in over a decade, CEO Greg Carmichael is pushing ahead on tech hires and expansion outside its Midwestern core.

The Dallas company finally made the move that had long been expected: Curtis Farmer succeeds Ralph Babb as chief executive. However, Farmer will still report to Babb, who stays on as executive chairman.

Money managers, which are critical to the success of State Street and Northern Trust, are aggressively moving cash into higher-rate products.

Fifth Third bought MB Financial in the quarter and benefited from increases in corporate banking revenues and a slight improvement in credit quality.

The Salt Lake City bank saw growth across all lending categories and an improvement in credit quality. It also said it has finished the second of three stages in its multiyear conversion to new core-banking technology.