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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Friday that the Dodd-Frank Act has addressed the biggest issues with bank instability but the "shadow banking" sector industry still needs to be addressed.

From the new chief risk officer at BECU to special recognition by the Mountain West CUA, read on for more CU professionals in the news.

To make it to the top ranks, women should pursue roles that offer a mix of comfort, challenges and “pure, white-knuckle terror,” says Bank of the West CEO Nandita Bakhshi.

Women are watched closely as they rise to the C-Suite — but never more closely than when there is a crisis to manage. "People still wonder if we will break," says Karen Peetz, president of BNY Mellon.

Diane D'Erasmo looks back at how she balanced a 40-year career in banking while raising a family. "I did want it all, so I just pushed ahead," the retiring HSBC executive says.

The regulations added in the wake of the financial crisis have made the system safer, but it's time to pause on new rules and find ways to improve what's been put in place already, according to the top executives at some of the largest banks.

Despite their accomplishments, American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance say they are still held to a different standard than men when it comes to handling pressure situations.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said in a speech Friday that distributed ledger technology — known as "blockchain" — has great potential for the payment system and important markets, but most of those applications are still years away from maturity.

Heartland Credit Union, Hutchinson, Kan., announced Dan Springer has been selected as its next president and CEO, effective Oct. 10, to succeed Garth Strand who is retiring after a 36-year career with the CU.

WASHINGTON — The Basel Committee will move forward with its final regulatory capital rules by yearend despite threats from the European Union that its members may choose to ignore the standards out of fear that they might stifle growth.