Call for Nominations

Zach Donah is president and CEO of MassCPAs, where he works closely with the Massachusetts Society of CPAs' leadership team on the overall management and oversight of the society and its educational foundation. He has been with the society since 2013, serving in various roles in the organization's government affairs team. Prior to joining the society, Donah served as a legislative director and chief of staff in the Massachusetts State Senate.

April 17
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Disruptors in Payments
Web Seminar
Join us for a webinar hosted by American Banker, where we'll dive into the world of managing hybrid and multi-cloud application delivery with a focus on the banking and financial sector. Our experts will talk about the main challenges businesses face, including keeping costs down and handling complex management and technical issues.

Naseer Nasim is the president and CEO of Aptys Solutions, a provider of payment solutions for financial institutions.

FHFA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The plan that the Federal Housing Finance Agency floated calls for Freddie Mac to actively invest in some new closed-end seconds as cash-out refinancing subsides.

April 17
4 Min Read
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Zach Donah is president and CEO of MassCPAs, where he works closely with the Massachusetts Society of CPAs' leadership team on the overall management and oversight of the society and its educational foundation. He has been with the society since 2013, serving in various roles in the organization's government affairs team. Prior to joining the society, Donah served as a legislative director and chief of staff in the Massachusetts State Senate.

The Pennsylvania community bank lacked the resources to go all-in on developing a diversity, equity and inclusion policy, so it turned to grad students at Georgetown University for help.

November 9
4 Min Read

The smallest of the Best Banks to Work For have figured out how to thrive in an environment where many employees are working fully or partly from home. Some are using flexibility as a tool to stave off burnout.

November 9
1 Min Read

Executives at the 90 institutions that made the ninth annual ranking are boosting benefits to attract new employees, amid intense competition for talent. They're also rethinking how they approach recruiting and increasing their diversity efforts.

November 8
2 Min Read
Bank and credit union executives of the year 2023
New York Community Bancorp - CEO Joseph Otting

New York Community Bancorp CEO Joseph Otting has added three former colleagues to the embattled company's leadership team. The hires come six weeks after the Long Island bank got a $1 billion capital infusion, which led to Otting's appointment as CEO.

April 16
5 Min Read
Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., detailed how New York Community Bancorp grew to exceed the $100 billion threshold that triggers tougher regulatory requirements and set the bank on a path to market turmoil via a series of deals that were approved, in part, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

April 16
2 Min Read
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When its broad-spectrum payment card fraud-detection filters generated too many false alarms, FIS implemented AI to help banks prioritize which types of fraud to investigate first, in part by muting lower-risk notifications.

April 16
3 Min Read

Naseer Nasim is the president and CEO of Aptys Solutions, a provider of payment solutions for financial institutions.

FHFA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The plan that the Federal Housing Finance Agency floated calls for Freddie Mac to actively invest in some new closed-end seconds as cash-out refinancing subsides.

April 17
4 Min Read
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Zach Donah is president and CEO of MassCPAs, where he works closely with the Massachusetts Society of CPAs' leadership team on the overall management and oversight of the society and its educational foundation. He has been with the society since 2013, serving in various roles in the organization's government affairs team. Prior to joining the society, Donah served as a legislative director and chief of staff in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Web Seminar
Join us for a webinar hosted by American Banker, where we'll dive into the world of managing hybrid and multi-cloud application delivery with a focus on the banking and financial sector. Our experts will talk about the main challenges businesses face, including keeping costs down and handling complex management and technical issues.

Naseer Nasim is the president and CEO of Aptys Solutions, a provider of payment solutions for financial institutions.

FHFA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The plan that the Federal Housing Finance Agency floated calls for Freddie Mac to actively invest in some new closed-end seconds as cash-out refinancing subsides.

April 17
4 Min Read
donah-zach-mscpa.jpg

Zach Donah is president and CEO of MassCPAs, where he works closely with the Massachusetts Society of CPAs' leadership team on the overall management and oversight of the society and its educational foundation. He has been with the society since 2013, serving in various roles in the organization's government affairs team. Prior to joining the society, Donah served as a legislative director and chief of staff in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Consideration of whether each job can be done remotely is part of Payrailz's holistic approach to developing its workforce. Currently, about two-thirds of the staff works remotely.

February 4
4 Min Read
Member Driven Technologies team

The credit union service organization Member Driven Technologies has a laid-back environment but works hard to translate its internal culture to employees who may be hundreds of miles from headquarters.

February 4
3 Min Read

Companies that scored highest in this year’s Best Fintechs to Work For (a ranking compiled by our parent company, Arizent) go beyond the basics of strong pay packages, generous benefits and effective leadership to take a more holistic interest in their employees’ lives, according to the data.

February 4
10 Min Read
PODCASTS
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  • Community banks sometimes feel that they lack the budget and staff to compete with larger banks and fintechs on things like mobile and online banking, virtual assistants and most recently generative AI. Jim Perry, senior strategist at Market Insights, suggests steps they can and should take to stay relevant technology wise.
  • The case is not really about cryptocurrency but about fraud, points out Seoyoung Kim, department chair and associate professor of finance and business analytics at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. But regulators and lawmakers are watching and the outcome of the trial will have repercussions throughout finance.