Two banks with a nationwide reach have the fastest-growing C&I loan portfolios in Western New York, followed by the largest Buffalo-based bank rounding out the top three in the region. The banks ...

In the third quarter of last year, the top five banks with the largest portfolios of commercial and industrial loans had more than $1.03 billion when combined — roughly 60% of the overall share of ...

"They're counting on some improvement in loan growth, but it doesn't have to be a hockey stick to get … to their numbers." For C&I loan growth, the main problem is a lack of borrower demand. Previous ...

That’s according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve released in 2017 for commercial and industrial (C&I) loans. However, the maximum loan amount you can get from a lender will ...

C&I loans sit at a total of $2.79 trillion as of December, the highest recorded since May 2023. Local banks saw a 7% increase in their combined C&I loan portfolio over the past year, according to ...