Commercial banking

PNC offsets modest loan growth with wider margins, strong fee income

10/12/18

The Pittsburgh bank reported a double-digit increase in 3Q profits on a mix of higher loan yields in its retail and corporate banking units, higher corporate service fees and several other factors.

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Wells Fargo posts surprise revenue rise with consumer loan boost

10/12/18

Wells Fargo & Co. hasn’t yet fixed all of its problems, but at least it stopped its revenue slump.

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JPMorgan loan business notches record in back-to-basics quarter

10/12/18

The biggest U.S. bank leaned on old-fashioned lending in the third quarter to weather a slump in fixed-income trading.

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Valley rebranding caps an eventful year for new CEO

10/11/18

This week’s name change is that latest in a string of moves Ira Robbins has made since he replaced his mentor, Gerald Lipkin, in January.

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Florida gun maker told to find new bank, CEO claims

10/09/18

Fifth Third has allegedly informed Spike's Tactical that its accounts would not be renewed.

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This fintech's mission: Don't replace banking, simplify it

10/09/18

Bank Novo isn't a business lender (lots of firms already do that) or an account provider (it has a bank partner for that). Instead, it provides small businesses tools to track and analyze their banking activities.

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Citizens Bank mines big data to drive loan, deposit growth

09/27/18

At Beth Johnson's insistence, the bank built an analytics platform that can anticipate customers' needs. It's an investment that is paying off in big ways.

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Female commercial banking leaders kept leaving. So BMO decided to act.

09/23/18

What if you have workplace flexibility policies and women, afraid to be seen as less committed than male peers, don't use them? Take a lesson from BMO Financial.

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PNC to use Ripple blockchain tech for international payments

09/19/18

The Pittsburgh bank joins Bank of America and other large financial players in a distributed-ledger network that seeks to make global payments in real time.

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Credit union will be first recreational pot banker in Mass.

09/14/18

The $506 million-asset GFA Federal Credit Union says it will begin accepting clients in the recreational marijuana business, making it the first Massachusetts financial institution to do so.

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