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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Until last month, Altadena was a flourishing melting pot. Now, with thousands of houses burned and no functioning banks, residents wonder if it will ever be the same.
February 7 -
The Bank of America branch in Altadena burned down last month. Now the bank must determine whether customers' prized possessions survived.
February 3 -
Jamie Dimon and Brian Moynihan are among the eight chief executives whose blunt, pithy or pugnacious turns of phrase made the year more colorful.
January 1 -
New bureau research digs into the fees that bettors get charged when they use credit cards to fund gambling accounts.
December 17 -
Banks will feel the fallout from a court's decision to strike down a Nasdaq rule that would have mandated more disclosure about the racial and gender composition of corporate boards.
December 13 -
Workers in the bank's conduct management intake group joined colleagues at 23 Wells Fargo branches in approving a union.
December 11 -
The top executives at some of the nation's largest banks spoke Tuesday about their expectations for the second Trump administration. Deregulation, capital rules, tariffs and inflation were all prominent topics.
December 10 -
The unionization push by members of the bank's conduct management intake team has been hotly contested. If approved, it would represent a landmark in the effort to organize workers at the $1.9 trillion-asset bank.
December 9 -
Lisa McGeough will be heading the global bank's U.S. operations. It's just the latest change at HSBC since Georges Elhedery took the reins in September.
December 5 -
The Los Angeles-based subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada posted its strongest performance in six quarters.
December 4
