Regional banks

How aviation lending took this Midwestern bank to Ireland

03/19/21

UMB Financial’s success in aviation financing has boosted fee income, and the Missouri company has opened an office in Dublin — a hub for airplane sales and leases that could get busier as the airline industry restructures.

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Truist is first regional bank to issue a social bond. It won’t be the last.

03/15/21

Big banks led the push to offer multibillion-dollar bonds that fund affordable housing, education and nonprofits that serve needy communities. But Truist’s recent $1.25 billion bond is a sign that regionals want to attract progressive institutional investors — and burnish their images.

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KeyCorp raises community investment plan to $40 billion

03/12/21

The Cleveland company is more than doubling an earlier commitment in order to support racial equity and environmental sustainability.

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Aspiring CEOs should check out why Associated hired Andy Harmening

03/12/21

Harmening, set to take the helm of Associated Banc-Corp next month, is being asked to replicate the digital transformation he led at Huntington Bancshares. His career path is a signal to the industry’s rising stars that the road to the corner office includes hands-on technology work.

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Regions not interested in bank M&A, CEO says

02/24/21

The Alabama company is instead on the hunt for nonbank acquisition candidates as well as employees or clients it could lure away from regional banks that have announced merger deals recently, John Turner says.

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M&T poised to buy People’s United for more than $7 billion

02/21/21

The tie-up between the two Northeastern banks, which could be announced as early as Monday, would be the latest in a string of recent deals among regionals facing competitive and economic challenges.

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