Alan Kline is the former editor-in-chief of American Banker. Previously he oversaw its consumer finance and national/regional banking coverage. He also helped direct coverage of the annual Most Powerful Women in Banking rankings.
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Royal Bank of Canada is proving that developing a multicultural workforce is not just good policy, it's good for the bottom line.
May 1 -
Like a lot of new CEOs, Gordon Nixon promised to make diversity a priority when he took the helm of Royal Bank of Canada. Right away, he created a diversity council.
April 29 -
More than 20 Michigan credit unions encourage savings with a sweepstakes- one of a handful of programs financial institutions have tested in the last few years.
April 1 -
There's little debate that the industry needs to shrink, but lately I've started to wonder if there are enough buyers out there willing and able to swallow 1,500 to 3,000 banks.
November 1 - WIB PH
The financial market meltdown of September 2008 was a career-ender for some Wall Street bankers, but for Karen Peetz and her team at BNY Mellon, it was the opportunity of a lifetime.
October 1 - WIB PH
If capital is king these days, then Peyton Patterson, the chairman and chief executive at NewAlliance Bank, should be wearing a crown.
October 1 -
In a year of upheaval, these women stood out for their leadership, their coolness under pressure, and their continued drive to innovate.
October 1 -
TARP comes with a stigma and TALF and PPIP haven't worked as well as intended, but if there's one government program that many small and regional banks will be sorry to see go it's the TAG, or Transaction Account Guarantee program.
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