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An declared end to screen scraping, a major hack of a cryptocurrency exchange and banks' plans for bitcoin trading led coverage last year.

Addressing concerns ranging from financial inclusion to the impact of China's digital yuan, central banks are running tests to determine how central bank digital currency transactions will work both domestically and internationally.

At the start of 2022, Biden administration officials were cautious about how to regulate the commingling of cryptocurrencies and traditional finance. By the end of the year, agencies had taken a tougher stance, and the downfall of FTX portended more of the same in 2023.

Return to office vs. remote work, the Great Resignation, rising wages in the face of inflation, workers trying to unionize, the ongoing fight for diversity in hiring and promotions: the year in human resources.

With prodding from their regulators, U.S. banks made some progress on assessing climate risk, but did not move as quickly as activists wanted. At the same time, new federal support for clean energy provided opportunities for lenders.

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.