Practice and client management

As the 68-year-old CEO focuses on succession planning, here's a look at some of the longtime JPMorgan executives who could succeed him.

Executives at the super-regional bank told investors that years of investments are poised to start paying off in rising profits, but the market seemed skeptical about the company's plan forward.

The North Carolina bank lowered its medium-term target for return on tangible common equity target, reflecting the fact that the financial projections for the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks have not come to fruition.

Profits at Cleveland-based KeyCorp have suffered due to bonds it bought when interest rates were low. But a recent investment by Canada's Scotiabank gave Key more wiggle room — an early benefit of a deal that both companies hope to build on.

The Ohio-based bank said it would hire 350 people to operate retail banking and wealth management businesses in a region where it recently launched commercial banking.

The Dallas company, which has been in transformation mode for three years, recently took a series of actions to try to meet the profitability targets it set for itself.

If banks want to create customer loyalty and support growth, they need to holistically focus on the human factors that ultimately influence business outcomes.

The sale of the $318 million-asset portfolio comes five weeks after the Greenville, South Carolina-based company agreed to sell its investment advisory unit.