Commercial lending

Credit card, auto lending drive earnings growth at Capital One

04/24/18

Double-digit gains in the bank's two largest loan categories offset declines in commercial and home loans.

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Commercial loan charge-off put a dent in CIT's 1Q

04/24/18

CIT took a $22 million hit on a business loan, and overall loan growth was tepid.

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De-risking at Fifth Third stifles loan growth

04/24/18

The Cincinnati bank reported strong profits, but its efforts to lower credit risk curbed lending as expenses rose in the first quarter.

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Synovus' 1Q profit climbs 45% on surge in consumer lending

04/24/18

Double-digit consumer-loan growth more than offset a decline in commercial real estate loan balances.

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TCF raises bet on inventory finance, but is it overplaying its hand?

04/23/18

The move toward more asset-based finance shows how CEO Craig Dahl, in his second year at the helm, is reshaping the Minnesota company after its surprise exit from auto lending last year.

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Equipment financing, wider margin drive TCF's 1Q profit

04/23/18

Aggressive growth in commercial leasing and asset-based finance helped offset a planned pullback in auto lending at the Wayzata, Minn., company.

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Consumer credit eases pain of business lending slump

04/20/18

After nearly two years of sputtering commercial loan growth, regional bankers are counting more than ever on expanding their portfolios of personal loans and other types of consumer credit.

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Capital markets, credit quality were bright spots for Regions in 1Q

04/20/18

The regional bank's net income rose 37% thanks to those factors and others.

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Former SunTrust employee said to have stolen customer data

04/20/18

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

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Signature's taxi-loan woes in the rearview mirror, CEO insists

04/19/18

“We know we've said this before, but we do feel we've put this behind us now,” Joseph DePaolo said Thursday.

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