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Truist CIO Ken Meyer and other bank leaders are seeing the chance to hire engineers, developers and data scientists.

In this month's roundup of American Banker's favorite stories: a deep-dive into how 2022 accelerated the decline of overdraft fees, Zelle's plan for addressing fraudulent transactions, the National Credit Union Administration opens the doors for fintech and credit union partnerships for lending and more.

Every issue of the magazine provides great features, opinion pieces and more about the issues keeping industry leaders up at night. Here is a look at some of the most exemplary coverage from the past 12 months.

The conflict caused inflationary price swings and an exodus of Western businesses from Russia, while also making a recession more likely in 2023.

Women chief financial officers at banks and financial institutions have a huge job. They are responsible for tracking cash flow, financial planning, analyzing the company's financial strengths and weaknesses and proposing strategic directions.

Northeast Bank in Portland is putting capital earned from the Paycheck Protection Program to use, purchasing $1.1 billion of loans and launching a small-dollar Small Business Administration lending program.

The FTX collapse and other recent disasters in the cryptocurrency space show that there is an urgent need for oversight. A self-regulatory body would get there fastest, while preserving the ethos of cryptocurrency.

The industry is taking lessons from instant point-of-sale lenders to help homeowners embarking on major projects.

Digital banking apps such as Daylight, Greenlight and Re:start are helping their customers do more than stash paychecks and save for the future.

This year saw far more abandoned deals than the previous one. The list includes State Street's abandoned purchase of Brown Brothers Harriman Investor Services and FVCBancorp's failed merger with Blue Ridge Bankshares.