CIT Group

CIT to provide commercial loans through Allstate partnership

07/10/17

CIT will provide revolving and term loan commitments of up to $100 million through a partnership with the Northbrook, Ill., insurance company.

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Tackling income volatility; New CMO at Citi

04/28/17

JPMorgan Chase’s Colleen Briggs and Fiona Greig are among those working on ways to help a growing segment of consumers with wildly fluctuating incomes. Plus, the women of Wells Fargo’s board and a big promotion at Citi.

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CIT Group’s profit improves as restructuring continues

04/25/17

The results handily beat estimates as the company benefited from CEO Ellen Alemany’s ongoing effort to shed businesses and simplify operations.

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One less female CEO-CFO duo; Supreme manteruppting

04/21/17

Carol Hayles’ departure from CIT leaves us with one less female CEO-CFO team in banking; even Supreme Court justices get manterrupted; a Google doodle celebrates a microlender; and Sen. Elizabeth Warren strikes a pose.

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CIT taps former Citizens Financial exec as CFO

04/13/17

John Fawcett, previously CFO at Citizens Financial in Providence, R.I., will succeed Carol Hayles as CFO.

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CIT agrees to sell stake in aviation leasing business

03/10/17

The sale to Tokyo Century Corp. will help accelerate CIT's transformation into a more traditional small-business and middle-market lender.

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What’s behind the curious rise in bank auditing woes?

03/09/17

A number of small banks have disclosed material weaknesses in loan-loss accounting and other procedures. Reasons vary, but a common thread appears to be that accounting firms are facing pressure to beef up their scrutiny of internal controls in financial services.

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CIT profits plunge on restructuring costs

01/31/17

The Livingston, N.J., company took a big hit in the fourth quarter as it continued to divest certain business lines and restructure its operations.

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