Alan Kline

Consumers’ desire to shop online is creating huge demand for distribution centers and forcing property owners to think creatively about redeveloping vacant retail space. Meanwhile, hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent rebuilding areas hard hit by hurricanes and wildfires.

It was a bad year for the CEO of Equifax, the founder of a high-flying fintech and the regulatory agency bankers love to hate.

This year has been very good to regional banks, bitcoin investors and several bank CEOs who pulled off big deals or successfully refined business models.

Jenn LaClair will replace Chris Halmy, who is retiring. She most recently headed up PNC's business bank.

Some are in new roles or replacing legends, others are embracing new strategies or eyeing big deals and at least one is currently out of banking — but could soon resurface. Here are the industry executives to keep an eye on in 2018.

American Banker’s award winners for 2017 had moments in their careers where hard knocks taught an indelible lesson, they trusted their gut or they listened to good advice. Here is a takeaway from each of their stories.

Beth Mooney is taking KeyCorp to new heights through bold dealmaking and with a relentless commitment to doing what's right for customers, employees and communities.

It was mostly good news for banks in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile, with higher earnings and net interest margins. But there were concerns as well, including slower loan and deposit growth.

Comerica's chief accounting officer since 2010, Carr will replace David Duprey, who is retiring early next year.

Dramatic changes in the way banking services are delivered combined with slow economic growth has resulted in too many banks chasing too little business, said BB&T's CEO.