Banking on Millennials? A Special Report

Prosperity Bancshares has agreed to buy Stellar Bancorp in Houston. Also, Stock Yards Bancorp has agreed to buy Field and Main Bancorp in Kentucky.

As we evaluate the role of banks, we must engage more boldly, more deeply and more urgently to help people thrive.

Banks expect lending standards generally to remain unchanged and demand to strengthen across all loan categories in 2026. Banks also reported being less likely to approve loans to firms adversely affected by high AI exposure.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January for the first time in 12 months, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

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Illinois regulators closed Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust in Chicago and appointed the FDIC as receiver. First Independence Bank in Detroit has agreed to assume substantially all of the failed bank’s deposits.