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The Montreal-based bank brought its earned media value up to $1 million by building an internal system for employees to share social posts about BMO.

American Banker's newest ranking will recognize 50 bank executives leading innovation at their companies or in the industry at large.

Ten teams will be honored for executing the most innovative technology projects of 2025.

Françoise Gilles is AXA Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Management Committee, after having served in the AXA Asia Region since 2019 first as Chief Risk Officer, then as Chief Strategic Development Officer in charge of steering AXA's strategy across the Region, based in Hong-Kong. Françoise joined AXA in 2013, as Head of ALM and Capital Management for AXA Bank Europe, before being appointed as Board Member and Chief Risk Officer for AXA Bank Belgium. Before moving to Asia, Francoise served as AXA Belgium Head of P&C Retail. Francoise has served as non-executive board member and member of Audit and Risk Committees to several entities, incl. AXA Banque France, AXA Philippines, AXA Tianping, AXA IM Architas. She started her career in 1998 with ING and Fortis in Belgium, where she built experience in the areas of ALM, risk management and valuation. Francoise Gilles graduated as Civil Engineer from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 1998 and is an actuary.

Chris Shelper is now the sole chief banking officer at First Interstate BancSystem; Kristy Fercho joins LERETA's board of directors; Truist Financial launches a business focused on private equity and family office transactions; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The megabank laid out a series of changes, including the impending departure of its chief financial officer and other executive shifts related to a revamp of its U.S. personal banking line of business.

The Minneapolis-based bank launched the Split Card, a Mastercard that turns purchases into three-month installment plans, in an effort to attract younger customers.

Former U.S. Bank veteran files for a de novo charter to launch VALT Bank, a tech-heavy business lender targeting 'digitally demanding' small businesses.

Supplies of the one-cent coin are plummeting. Businesses can't give exact change. Banks are struggling to resupply them. And amid it all, the federal government has said almost nothing.

If the loophole in the GENIUS Act isn't closed, the flow of money into stablecoins will wind up reducing the Community Reinvestment Act funding that many underserved communities rely on for development.