John Engen

Public sector banking doesn't have a line on Citi's income statement. But Monaco's global influence is threaded throughout the bank's work with government finance ministries, central banks and other sovereign entities.

Her ability to communicate with markets, employees and investors is what these unprecedented times call for, something Martin takes in stride while pressing ahead.

The globe-trotting exec, known for her relationship and financial-structuring skills, is betting that AI and other initiatives can help grow client totals by 50% over the next five years.

Industry veterans have drawn from their experiences with wildfires, earthquakes and hurricanes to fashion their responses to the pandemic.

The Minnesota bank is locked in a bitter legal battle to preserve its independence. Its foe? The charitable organization set up by its founder.

The parent of Silicon Valley Bank is as bullish as Citi on the growth potential in China, despite the trade war. SVB's focus on early-stage startups is boosting its profits from Asia.

The increased mobile engagement at U.S. Bank goes back to Ankit Bhatt letting customers tell him — and, many times, show him — what needs to improve.

Thanks to big tech companies, the business world is moving to third-party platforms, or online marketplaces where buyers pull sellers' products off digital shelves. A growing number of financial institutions — including BBVA, Citi and community banks like Eastern — say they can't afford to sit out the trend.

Can farmers — and the banks that lend to them — survive Trump's trade war?

It's tough to be a bank director these days, as the public and elected officials hold the board responsible for misdeeds that occur on their watch. Turnover is up, and filling the seats is more of a challenge than ever.

With U.S. Bancorp's leadership transition underway, the big question is whether it will deliver faster earnings growth — the one shareholder demand that has proven elusive.

Though banks are bigger in peer-to-peer payments overall, Venmo is better at functionality and branding and millennials love it. Now banks are launching Zelle with high hopes and the advantage of real-time speed. Can they catch up? Should they even bother?

Directors today are expected to perform many duties that, even a decade ago, weren't part of the job, from overseeing cybersecurity and the bank's culture to setting online and mobile strategy. Yet the composition of many bank boards hasn't changed all that much. Here's what to do if you have longtime members who lack the skills needed to help a bank compete.

Four years after the first states legalized marijuana, most bankers still want nothing to do with it.

Activist investors are turning their sights back toward banks after going easier on them than on other industries in recent years. Look for the next bank M&A wave to be fueled by aggressive hedge funds as they push for board seats and ultimately sales of financial institutions.

PL Capital is raising money for a new fund that'll target banks with up to $75 billion of assets, after 20 years of sticking to just community banks with less than $3 billion of assets. In this Q&A, Richard Lashley explains why activist investors are eyeing bigger banks now and how banks can avoid his kind.