For inspiring such confidence in the investment community and then engineering two deals that transformed First Niagara into a thriving regional player, John Koelmel has been named one ...

Few banking companies in the country have performed as consistently well over the last decade as Westamerica Bancorp in San Rafael, Calif., yet for a few years there, it looked like it ...

Thomas Broughton, the president and CEO of ServisFirst Bank in Birmingham, Ala., does not wait for customers to come to him. He pursues them with a persistent passion.

USAA Federal Savings Bank in San Antonio has made Apple's popular mobile device a key part of its strategy to deliver banking services, payments and consumer remote check deposit services to customers.

John Allison does not pull many punches. During the 20 years he led BB&T, Allison made it clear where he stood, and why. Second-guessing didn't seem to bother him much.

Three central themes dominated banking in 2009: credit quality, capital and a back-to-basics movement.