Kevin Wack is American Banker's national editor, and is based in southern California. He was formerly the publication's consumer finance reporter and its Capitol Hill correspondent. Earlier, he worked on financial policy in Washington. He has also reported for the Associated Press and worked as the investigative reporter for the Portland Press Herald in Maine.
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Jane Fraser has been tapped to revive lagging parts of Citi’s business before and Mexico is her latest turnaround assignment.
By Kevin WackSeptember 25 -
Andrea Smith is leading an effort to address income inequality in Bank of America's hometown.
By Kevin WackSeptember 25 -
In 2017, it's critical that large foreign-owned banks have finely tuned eyes and ears in Silicon Valley. At Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, the parent of MUFG Union Bank, those duties fall to Ranjana Clark.
By Kevin WackSeptember 25 -
Under Beth Johnson's leadership, Citizens has been building a database that is designed to reveal which customers are best suited for specific products.
By Kevin WackSeptember 25 -
Summit Credit Union in Madison, Wis., has filed what's believed to be the first lawsuit by a financial institution in connection with the massive data breach.
By Kevin WackSeptember 21 -
LendingPoint, which caters to borrowers with damaged credit records, believes that traditional credit scores are overly pessimistic about the likelihood that certain borrowers will repay.
By Kevin WackSeptember 20 -
The Equifax breach has millions of Americans now thinking about freezing their credit to guard against identity theft. But those who act could be cutting themselves off from the nation's vast credit economy.
By Kevin WackSeptember 19 -
Bankers in Florida and Texas are dusting off their disaster-recovery playbooks, which focus on retrieving customers' valuables, ensuring employee safety and minimizing the bank's own legal exposure.
By Kevin WackSeptember 14 -
Mike Cagney’s eventual successor will have to decide whether to continue his focus on rapid growth. Also on the table are strategic decisions about when to go public and whether to pursue a bank charter.
By Kevin WackSeptember 12 -
CIBC's Victor Dodig has big plans for the U.S., but other bank execs speaking at an investor conference Monday warned of risks in certain sectors.
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