Comerica Profile
Comerica Incorporated (Comerica), through its subsidiaries, operates as a financial services company.
As of December 31, 2023, Comerica owned directly or indirectly all the outstanding common stock of 2 active banking subsidiaries (Comerica Bank, a Texas banking association, and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association), as well as non-banking subsidiaries.
Comerica operates in primary geographic markets, including Texas, California, Michigan, Arizona and Florida - and secondarily in several mountain, southeastern, and other states, and in Canada and Mexico.
In 2023, Comerica announced a strategic relationship with Ameriprise to become Comerica’s new investment program provider. As such, Comerica transitioned support of specific insurance, brokerage and investment advisory activities to Ameriprise. The new name representing this strategic relationship is Comerica Financial Advisors, powered by Ameriprise Financial.
Segments
Comerica has strategically aligned its operations into three major business segments: the Commercial Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. In addition to the three major business segments, Finance is also reported as a segment.
The Commercial Bank meets the needs of small and middle market businesses, multinational corporations and governmental entities by offering various products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, deposits, cash management, payment solutions, card services, capital market products, international trade finance and letters of credit.
The Retail Bank includes a full range of personal financial services, consisting of consumer lending, consumer deposit gathering and mortgage loan origination. This business segment offers a variety of consumer products, including deposit accounts, installment loans, credit cards, home equity lines of credit and residential mortgage loans. In addition, this business segment offers products and services to small businesses who are serviced through a team of dedicated small business bankers and its branch network.
Wealth Management provides products and services to affluent, high-net worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, business owners and executives, and institutional clients, including comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary services, investment management and advisory, brokerage, private banking, and business transition planning services.
The Finance segment includes the company’s securities portfolio and asset and liability management activities. This segment is responsible for managing the company’s funding, liquidity and capital needs, performing interest sensitivity analysis and executing various strategies to manage its exposure to liquidity, interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk.
Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Loan Portfolio
The company’s CRE loan portfolio consists of real estate construction and commercial mortgage loans; and includes loans to real estate developers and investors and loans secured by owner-occupied real estate.
Deposits
As of December 31, 2023, the company’s deposits included noninterest-bearing deposits; money market and interest-bearing checking deposits; savings deposits; customer certificates of deposit; other time deposits; and foreign office time deposit.
Investment Portfolio
As of December 31, 2023, the company’s investment portfolio included U.S. Treasury securities; residential mortgage-backed securities; and commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Supervision and Regulation
The company is subject to supervision and regulation at the federal level by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.
Comerica Bank is chartered by the state of Texas and at the state level is supervised and regulated by the Texas Department of Banking under the Texas Finance Code and the Texas Administrative Code. The bank has elected to be a member of the Federal Reserve System under the Federal Reserve Act and, consequently, is supervised and regulated by the FRB. Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association is federally chartered and is subject to supervision and regulation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) pursuant to the National Bank Act. Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, by virtue of being a national bank, is also a member of the Federal Reserve System. Furthermore, given that the bank is a bank with assets in excess of $10 billion, it is subject to supervision and regulation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for purposes of assessing compliance with federal consumer financial laws. The bank's deposits, and those of Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, are insured by the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to the fullest extent provided by law, and therefore the Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association are each also subject to regulation by the FDIC. Certain transactions executed by the Bank are also subject to regulation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Department of Labor (DOL) regulates financial institutions providing services to plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The bnk’s Canada branch is supervised by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and its Mexico representative office is also supervised by the Banco de Mexico. The bank is also registered in the Cayman Islands and subject to supervision by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
The FRB supervises non-banking activities conducted by companies directly and indirectly owned by Comerica. In addition, Comerica’s non-banking subsidiaries are subject to supervision and regulation by various state, federal and self-regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs of the State of Michigan, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (in the case of Comerica Securities, Inc.); the Department of Insurance and Financial Services of the state of Michigan (in the case of Comerica Insurance Services, Inc.); and the DOL (in the case of Comerica Securities, Inc. and Comerica Insurance Services, Inc.).
Comerica is also subject to the disclosure and regulatory requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, both as administered by the SEC, as well as the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. Acquisitions of Comerica’s voting stock above certain thresholds are subject to prior regulatory notice or approval under federal banking laws, including the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978.
Comerica is subject to many U.S. federal, U.S. state and international laws and regulations governing consumer data privacy protection, which require, among other things, maintaining policies and procedures to protect the non-public confidential information of customers and employees. The privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act generally prohibit financial institutions, including Comerica and its subsidiaries, from disclosing nonpublic personal financial information of consumer customers to third parties for certain purposes (primarily marketing) unless customers have the opportunity to opt out of the disclosure. Comerica has a physical footprint in California and is required to comply with both the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).
Comerica is subject to several federal laws that are designed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and transactions with persons, companies or foreign governments designated by U.S. authorities (AML laws). This category of laws includes the Bank Secrecy Act, the Money Laundering Control Act, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, or USA PATRIOT Act. As a depository institution with $50 billion or more of total consolidated assets, Comerica Bank is required to periodically file a resolution plan with the FDIC. Comerica is subject to guidance issued by the FRB, OCC and FDIC intended to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of banking organizations do not undermine the safety and soundness of such organizations by encouraging excessive risk-taking. Comerica is subject to regulation by the CFPB. Comerica is also subject to certain state consumer protection laws, and under the Dodd-Frank Act, state attorneys general and other state officials are empowered to enforce certain federal consumer protection laws and regulations.
History
Comerica Incorporated was founded in 1849. The company was incorporated in 1972 under the laws of the state of Delaware.
