Nominations for Awards
Best Credit Unions to Work For

In its first three months as a bank, the Boca Raton, Florida-based NewtekOne doubled the size of its deposit base by relying almost exclusively on certificates.

April 6
3 Min Read
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Banking Crisis 2023
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Recent deposit flows raise questions about the Fed's support for these funds through its overnight lending facility, and whether that support is doing more harm than good.

April 5
7 Min Read
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Some concerns linger over the sector after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse last month. The most pressing worry now, analysts say, is not whether banks will survive but how much money they'll make in the coming months.

April 5
4 Min Read
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Rates are rising and maturities are shortening in unsecured commercial paper, raising the possibility of a credit crunch and further regulatory intervention.

April 4
4 Min Read
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Executive compensation legislation could be one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Congress in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures.

April 4
4 Min Read
Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank served about half of all startups. As fintechs seek out new bank relationships, here are some of the things they are looking for. 

April 4
8 Min Read
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As the phony-accounts scandal is brewing in 2014, the executive who functions as the top cop inside Wells Fargo gets shown the door.

January 31
13 Min Read
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The scandal's roots stretch back more than a decade. In a corporate environment that doesn't welcome bad news, problems fester.

February 1
10 Min Read
Wells Fargo Reports Record Profit As Credit Improves

The giant bank's woes, and punishment, began years ago — and still linger today. Revisiting the saga's origins now yields several important lessons.

January 31
1 Min Read
How Bank Execs Avoid Scandals

Corporate-governance and ethics experts offer tips to avoid management wrongdoing at all levels of a bank.

January 31
4 Min Read
Women in Payments 2023 OVERRIDE ONLY

This year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees are uniquely positioned to make the most of disruptive factors such as the advancement of artificial intelligence, central bank digital currencies and real-time payments. 

March 7
1 Min Read
Eva Reda, American Express

After a three-decade climb up the corporate ladder, Reda took on her most daunting task yet: launching the card network's new consumer banking unit.

March 7
4 Min Read
Mary Ann Francis, IBM

Associate partner Mary Ann Francis is a risk taker — the kind who jumps off a waterfall without a parachute. She brings this same boldness to her work at IBM, where her decades of banking experience help the tech giant find new opportunities for artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

March 7
5 Min Read
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China and other countries are already working on their own central bank digital currency. Creating an American CBDC would ensure the dollar's place as a global reserve currency, a Connecticut Democrat writes.

December 9
4 Min Read
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Rushing to create a central bank digital currency that is not permissionless and private would be dangerous to core American principles, according to a Minnesota Republican.

December 9
4 Min Read
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Payment fintechs are finding that their best opportunities are overseas — and for a lot of companies, that means building a market to take on American incumbents.

December 9
11 Min Read
Ripple XRP

After years of fintechs taking the lead in modernizing cross-border payments, fresh momentum is coming from traditional payments and banking infrastructure players, including the card networks and the 50-year-old SWIFT.

December 9
9 Min Read
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In its inaugural Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions listing, American Banker is proud to share the stories of 25 of the women leading the credit union industry through times of rapid and unprecedented change.

November 7
2 Min Read

Anderson, who has held leadership positions at Equifax, Wells Fargo and American Express, will succeed longtime CEO Benson Porter on Dec. 5.

November 10
1 Min Read

Renée Sattiewhite has played a key role in the African American Credit Union Coalition for more than 20 years. "For me, if credit unions do not embrace DEI, they will die," she said.

November 7
6 Min Read

Titi Cole, CEO of Legacy Franchises at Citigroup, joins the Most Powerful Women in Banking list this year after taking on a wide range of responsibilities for the New York bank. Check out the full list to see all of the women and where they rank.

October 5
1 Min Read

Adena Friedman of Nasdaq and Lynn Martin of NYSE Group make their debut on this year's list. Check out the full list to see all of the women and where they rank.

October 5
1 Min Read

Priscilla Sims Brown, president and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, makes her debut this year on the list for driving higher net income at her company while also taking a stand on social issues. Read on to see the rest of 2022's honorees.

October 5
1 Min Read
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Ninety institutions made American Banker's 10th annual list of the Best Banks to Work For. Here are insights about communication, leadership, culture and more from executives at this year's honorees.

November 15
1 Min Read
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Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and other institutions — including more than two-thirds of honorees that made the Best Banks to Work For — show no let-up in their commitment to add transitioning service personnel. In fact, they're expanding their reach to include military spouses.

November 15
8 Min Read
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Highly acquisitive banks that pack on assets without sacrificing employee morale pepper American Banker's annual Best Banks to Work For rankings.

November 15
7 Min Read
Best places to work in fintech
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The 50 companies that made American Banker’s annual list are being recognized for establishing strong workplace cultures, offering robust benefits packages and giving employees the room to do their jobs well.

June 1
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Companies such as Biz2Credit, Episode Six and VizyPay look for people from varied backgrounds and pitch their flexibility (or, sometimes, strong office culture) in bids to find great employees.

June 15
4 Min Read
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Breaking barriers to education unites the team at Mpower Financing, an international student loan company with employees from more than a dozen countries that is ranked No. 1 on this year's Best Places to Work in Fintech.

June 1
4 Min Read
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Companies on the Best Places to Work in Fintech list offer sabbaticals or generous vacation time, which helps attract young talent and lets veteran employees re-energize.

June 1
7 Min Read

Our annual list of the rising stars in banking and finance.

May 1
1 Min Read

The first African American member of the executive team, she’s working to bring more minorities into leadership positions at the bank.

May 1
3 Min Read

Navigating the SBA lending system brought a new set of challenges for this commercial banker.

May 1
2 Min Read

When the war broke out in Ukraine, this head of investment strategy acted quickly to protect the bank’s assets.

May 1
2 Min Read

Responsible for a five-state territory, this regional director often travels 500 miles a week visiting branches and customers.

May 1
2 Min Read
PODCASTS

  • AB - podcast

    Brian Graham, partner and co-founder of advisory and investment firm Klaros Group, breaks down what went wrong with Silvergate Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and what banks can do to avoid the problems that brought these banks down.

    March 28
  • Penny Lee, president and CEO of the Financial Technology Association, is pushing back on some claims banks and their trade groups have recently made about financial technology companies, for instance that fintechs don't meet consumer financial protection standards.