Allissa Kline is a Buffalo, New York-based reporter who writes about national and regional banks and commercial and retail banking trends. She joined American Banker in 2020 and previously worked for more than a decade at Buffalo Business First, where she covered banking and finance, insurance and accounting. Kline started her journalism career at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York. She graduated from Colgate University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, which is focusing its growth push in the Southeast, is also planning to renovate 300 existing offices as part of an effort to attract more mass-affluent customers.
August 20 -
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Truist are facing pressure from ISS, Glass Lewis and SOC Investment Group over their 2024 pay packages.
April 10 -
Banks' latest annual reports, filed in the early weeks of the second Trump administration, provide a window into how the industry is adjusting to a new political climate.
February 27 -
Large banks are starting to disclose the compensation they awarded to their CEOs last year. Early signs point to a bounceback after CEO pay fell in 2023.
February 12 -
The megabank is simplifying the management structure of its private bank. Regional leaders will now report directly to Andy Sieg, head of wealth.
January 27 -
The investment banking giant has been the subject of regulatory probes regarding the way it vets prospective clients. So far, that's not driving away potential clients, executives say.
January 16 -
Richard "Dick" Parsons, the former Citigroup chairman who died Thursday, is credited with helping the New York megabank survive the financial crisis. Earlier in his career, he led Dime Savings Bank out of the savings-and-loan crisis.
December 27 -
As a managing director within Citi Investment Management, a division that sits within wealth, White is playing an integral part in reshaping that line of business.
July 29 -
One year after it bought First Republic Bank, the largest U.S. bank by assets is launching J.P. Morgan Private Client, a new tier in its affluent-consumer services that brings together JPMorgan's brand with First Republic's concierge model.
May 20 -
The Providence, Rhode Island, company is having discussions with private wealth management teams elsewhere as it seeks to expand its fledgling private bank. In just three months, private banking deposits doubled to $2.4 billion.
April 17 -
Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick downplayed the importance of government investigations into potential money laundering issues involving wealth management clients. "We've been focused on our client on-boarding and monitoring processes for a good while," he said.
April 16 -
The company has long been criticized for its lagging financial performance and its complexity. CEO Jane Fraser is pushing through Citigroup's most recent transformation plan, but will she succeed where her predecessors have failed?
April 7 -
The megabank, which is eliminating about 5,000 jobs in a first round of restructuring, said that it's paused its annual review of racial and gender pay gaps. Citi will conduct a 2023 review sometime later this year, a source said.
March 20 -
For the second straight year, Goldman Sachs shareholders have filed a proposal calling for more details on racial and gender pay gaps. The request comes as the investment banking giant faces scrutiny over its lack of high-ranking women leaders.
March 19 -
The megabank, which is in the midst of a massive restructuring, will probably book "a couple of hundred million dollars" of restructuring charges in the fourth quarter, according to its chief financial officer.
December 6 -
The New York megabank is considering splitting its institutional clients group division into three parts following the upcoming departure of top executive Paco Ybarra, the Financial Times reported. The heads of the three segments would report directly to CEO Jane Fraser.
August 22 -
Though revenue growth remains a challenge, Citigroup is still committed to its global wealth management expansion plan, CEO Jane Fraser said Friday. Andy Sieg is joining the bank from Merrill Lynch in September as head of global wealth management.
April 14 -
The abrupt downfall of Silicon Valley Bank prompted investors to question whether other banks that hold tech-related deposits could also be at risk. But one analyst said there could be opportunities for banks to add deposits from customers of the failed bank.
March 10 -
The Evansville, Indiana, company introduced a boutique-style wealth management business called 1834, which caters to high-net-worth clients.
January 18 -
Since the start of the month, the San Francisco-based bank has announced the addition of three wealth management teams — one each from Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.
November 15
