Regional banks

Huntington to buy investment bank with public finance focus

08/10/18

Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. in Chicago focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

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One banker's quest to fill the talent gap in commercial lending

08/09/18

Good old-fashioned commercial credit analysts are a dying breed, David Nicholson says. Community banks need them to stay competitive in C&I, but training courses have been cut back. So he’s on a mission to teach as many students as he can.

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Banks extend diversity demands to their law firms

08/07/18

JPMorgan Chase, SunTrust and PNC are pressuring outside counsel to get more women and minority lawyers to represent them in court even at the risk of alienating the big, traditional law firms that they have done business with for years.

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‘Still a real need for … human interaction’ in retail banking’s future

08/03/18

Tory Nixon, who became Umpqua's chief banking officer this spring, is trying to drive more customers to use mobile banking (only 15% do so now industrywide) without alienating them in the process.

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Cheat Sheet: How the Fed will revamp regional bank regulation

08/01/18

The Federal Reserve’s forthcoming rules for banks with assets of $100 billion-$250 billion hinge on their perceived risk to the financial system.

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'Grow and grow fast:' The newbie rule for regional banks

08/01/18

Loan growth accelerated for those in our annual ranking of banks with assets of $10 billion to $50 billion. See which of these 65 regionals are the best performers.

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How much of an earnings boost did banks get from the tax cut?

07/31/18

Depending on the asset class, about 11% to 18% of earnings per share came from tax savings. The looming question is how do they top themselves in 2019 when tax rates don’t change like they did this year.

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BNP Paribas to sell 20 million more shares of First Hawaiian

07/30/18

The French company's stake in First Hawaiian will fall to about a third after the secondary offer is completed, and First Hawaiian will buy some of the shares.

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Booming tech sector spurs spike in SVB profit

07/26/18

The California company also benefited from higher interest rates and double-digit loan growth.

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First Hawaiian hires outsider for top financial post

07/26/18

First Hawaiian, which is currently being spun off from BNP Paribas, has hired Ravi Mallela as chief financial officer.

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