Commercial banking
Six years after buying a bank, the New York company plans to sell its banking unit to a group of investors. The decision to refocus on its core businesses comes 18 months after Thasunda Brown Duckett took the reins as CEO.
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The global climate coalition said in a new report that its members maintain "independent investment decision-making" authority after some U.S. banks grew concerned about legal exposure to rules requiring the phaseout of fossil-fuel investments.
November 1 -
The green light from the central bank is the latest in a series of approvals of billion-dollar bank mergers. However, the Columbia-Umpqua deal is still waiting on a thumbs-up from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
October 25
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The Indiana company reported strong growth in profits and loan income, and it hopes its addition of more than two dozen wealth management and commercial banking specialists will help beef up what one analyst called "softer than expected" noninterest income.
October 25 -
Loans at the Utah bank increased 6% in the third quarter. Executives said a darkening economic forecast could lower that figure.
October 24 -
CEO Rob Holmes says that much of the Dallas company's increased spending is now in the past. But meeting the bank's targets is "a complete show-me story," one analyst said.
October 24 -
Attorneys general from 19 states issued subpoenas to six large banks seeking information about their climate policies. They say they're seeking to hold banks accountable for the fairness of their ESG policies to fossil-fuel companies, but others call it intimidation.
October 23 -
The addition of investment bank Capstone Partners and the wider geographic footprint that resulted from the acquisition of TCF Financial helped drive a 58% increase in net income during the third quarter.
October 21 -
The Florida company is making progress after recent moves into Atlanta and Dallas, CEO Rajinder Singh said. Growth in Atlanta is meeting expectations, and the company is weighing lending options in Dallas, where it currently focuses on deposit-gathering.
October 20 -
Pricing discipline at the Georgia bank contributed to a 3.5% quarter-over-quarter decline in deposits. To stem the tide, the company plans to lean into core deposits, brokered deposits and advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
October 20
