The S&P Global Ratings banks team hosted a webinar to discuss its views and outlook for U.S. banks in the first quarter. While commercial real estate (CRE) remains a key risk to banks, the likelihood that CRE loans will lead to a material weakening of the creditworthiness of rated banks has declined. As a result, this week, the outlooks were revised to stable from negative on six banks with large CRE loan portfolios.