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  • Consumer banking
    Shaheena Khan, BMO Harris Bank | Next 2021

    Khan, who began her banking career as a part-time teller, heads the bank's retail operations in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

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    By Laura Alix
    Staff Writer
    May 5
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  • Women in Banking
    Shannon Sutton, First Carolina Bank | Next 2021

    The bank's managing director of human resources says her overall goal is "to build a culture of encouragement."

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    By Alyssa Place
    Editor-in-chief
    May 5
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  • Customer service
    Kyla Stubbs, PNC Bank | Next 2021

    Stubbs moved from Ohio to Texas last year to open PNC's first customer care center in the Lone Star State. Then the pandemic hit.

    By Marissa Fajt
    May 5
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  • Regions Bank
    Ashley Garrison, Regions Bank | Next 2021

    Garrison was promoted to head of human resources operations in October 2019, putting her at the forefront of the bank’s effort to respond to the pandemic.

    By Joel Berg
    May 5
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  • Payments
    Angela Ratliff, U.S. Bank | Next 2021

    “If I see something that needs to be fixed, I tend to just gravitate toward it,” said Ratliff, U.S. Bank's head of disputes and prepaid operations.

    By Joel Berg
    May 5
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  • Commercial banking
    Laura Dodd, City National Bank | Next 2021

    Within her first week at City National Bank in 2018, Dodd was working on her first deal — and the first deal for the aerospace and defense group that she was brought in to help launch

    By Joel Berg
    May 5
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  • Financial planning
    Kimberly Ta, Wells Fargo Advisors | Next 2021

    Ta is aiming to reduce turnover at Wells Fargo Advisors by revamping the succession planning program.

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    By Chana Schoenberger
    Editor-in-Chief
    May 5
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  • Women in Banking
    Lindsey Ogan, Great Plains Bank | Next 2021

    An Ogan-led effort to overhaul the bank's retail strategy yielded a better-than-expected increase in consumer and business deposits and improvements in cross-selling.

    By Joel Berg
    May 5
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  • Marketing
    Jennifer Reissman, Seacoast Bank | Next 2021

    Reissman joined Seacoast in 2014 and led several departments before being promoted to chief marketing officer last year.

    By Matthew de Paula
    May 5
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  • Digital banking
    Banks play catch-up as customer shift to digital accelerates

    The mobile banking and paperless habits bank customers picked up during the pandemic are here to stay, and financial institutions are working to strengthen their digital offerings, speakers at an American Banker conference said.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    December 14
    Nandita Bakhshi, CEO, Bank of the West
  • Digital banking
    Quontic Bank's Patrick Sells joins crypto firm NYDIG

    Sells, American Banker's Digital Banker of the Year for 2020, says he will help the New York fintech startup create digital currency products for banks.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    December 9
    Patrick Sells, chief innovation officer, Quontic Bank
  • Small business lending
    How a mudslide prepared this small bank to handle the pandemic

    Montecito Bank in California began streamlining originations after a natural disaster decimated its community in 2018. The move paid off when the COVID-19 crisis hit and the bank had to quickly step up efforts to help clients.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    December 8
    George Leis, president of Montecito Bank & Trust
  • Small business lending
    How banks use tech to monitor health of small-business clients

    Webster Bank and Customers Bank are among the lenders that have turned to alternative data sources and automated loan reviews to assess business customers' ability to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    December 3
    Desiree Wolfe, director of product management for community banking at Webster Financial
  • Digital banking
    Online lending startup Amount raises $81M in round led by Goldman

    The tech firm spun off by Avant, which licenses its lending software to banks, has now raised $140 million this year.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    December 2
    Adam Hughes, CEO, Amount
  • Generation Z
    Will Smith, Justin Timberlake among investors in digital bank Step

    The challenger bank aimed at Gen Z and counts singers, sports professionals, a social media personality and fintech executives among its investors.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    December 2
    Charli D'Amelio
  • Fintech
    Challenger bank Digit takes on robo-investing

    As it does with savings, Digit's algorithm calculates how much users can siphon off their earnings into retirement without missing the funds.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    December 2
    Elena Gorman, product marketing lead, Digit
  • Financial wellness
    Online lender LendUp launches challenger bank

    Like LendUp, a small-dollar lender, Ahead Financials is targeting consumers who are gainfully employed but have blemished credit histories.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    December 1
    Anu Shultes, CEO of LendUp and Ahead Financials.
  • Digital banking
    Challenger bank Current doubles customers in six months

    The 5-year-old company, which recently raised $131 million, says its strong growth reflects the timeliness of its mission: helping consumers who live paycheck to paycheck build wealth.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 25
    Stuart Sopp, CEO and founder, Current
  • Digital banking
    Podcast How Scotiabank weeds ageism out of digital banking

    Shawn Rose, chief digital officer, and Holly Pontisso, vice president of customer experience at Scotiabank at Toronto, share how they have adapted their digital offerings for people over 50, including making sure ageist attitudes don’t creep into digital channels or messaging.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 24
    Shawn Rose, chief digital officer and Holly Pontisso, vice president of customer experience, Scotiabank
  • Digital banking
    Why Citi and Seattle Bank joined Google Pay

    The megabank and community bank recently announced they're offering accounts through the payment app. Both gave similar reasons: They need big tech to help them attract new customers.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 23
    Elyse Lesley, head of U.S. partnerships and franchise development, U.S. Consumer Banking, Citi
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