Leaders is a forum that brings together innovators and senior voices to share their leadership experiences and perspectives on today’s most pressing topics.

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

TradFi companies are making strategic investments in infrastructure to support the growth of tokenized assets
Moving on-chain isn't just a technology lift; it's about rethinking culture, compliance and coordination across legacy systems,
Aiyengar discusses the dynamics of today's market and the challenges and opportunities of her role.
Jill Gateman, Head of Corporate Banking and Specialized Finance at TD, and American Banker's Mary Ellen Egan discuss the dynamics of banking today.
The Chief Wholesale Banking Officer at Truist in conversation with Chana Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, about her business.
Bank of America's O'Neill talks about innovation in banking and what's next for retail customers.
Oden, the U.S. Head of International Wealth and Private Banking at HSBC, details what her clients are asking about today.
The Most Powerful Women to Watch honoree talks about what it means to lead, what's changed since she started on Wall Street, and why customers choose regional banks, in conversation with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger.
Racquel Oden, HSBC's head of wealth and personal banking in the U.S., talks about how to guide clients through a year of political and economic upheaval.
The Canadian bank's US CEO, Darrel Hackett, sits down with American Banker's editor-in-chief, Chana R. Schoenberger, to discuss the bank's plans after the integration of Bank of the West and what comes next.
A sharp decline in bonuses led to a decrease in median bank CEO pay last year.
BNY Chief Commercial Officer, Cathinka Wahlstrom, and Global Head of Enterprise Execution and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Jayee Koffey sit down with Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger
Katherine Weislogel, head of treasury and payment solutions at Synovus, discusses industry trends.
Anu Aieyengar, Global head of M&A at JPMorgan discusses her career and her outlook for M&A activity in the year ahead.
Habner, Head of U.S. Branded Cards and Lending at Citi, sits down with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger to discuss the credit card market.
Barker sits down with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger to talk about her business.
Citizens is testing the use of generative and traditional AI in several areas, including as a copilot for contact center reps and to help branch staff detect fake checks, she says.
The co-founder and CEO of Cohen Circle (and former founder of The Bancorp Bank) and founder of Ellevest (and former CEO of Smith Barney, Citi wealth management and Merrill Lynch wealth management), shared their morning routines, their leadership styles and their takes on the future of fintech at an Arizent-hosted event during Fintech Week.
There are a lot of misconceptions about how the payments industry uses generative AI. Jodie Kelley, chief executive of the Electronic Transactions Association, separates the reality from fiction.
Payments Innovation Association CEO Brian Tate sees new trends in how technology is transforming payments technologies that are secure, safe and fair.
Anne Marie Pippin, associate director in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Office of Financial Technology, weighs the forces shaping the industry's future.
The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. NYC's CTO, Matthew Fraser, tells American Banker's Executive Editor of Technology, Penny Crosman, how new technology is shaping policy in America's largest city.
Josh Williams, chief banking officer for Seattle Bank, explains how changes in payments technology will affect smaller institutions.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank ratcheted up the financial pressure on startup companies that was already building. How can new entrants adapt?
Financial services firms are focusing on essential risk-related priorities, but must not lose sight of the importance of innovative technologies that drive business forward.
Nancy Beaton, President of Uphold U.S. and CRO/CMO of Uphold Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko Raghav Chopra, Managing Partner, Tephra Digital Moderator: Holly Sraeel
How banks can cater to this desire to prioritize experience spending and support customers to do more of what they love
David Rogstad, Chief Banking Officer, Starion Bank, speaks with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker, about the project that won the award in the Embedded Finance category.
Margaret Butler, Co-leader, Financial Services Industry Team, BakerHostetler, talks about the consequences of new laws and rules for on-chain finance, in conversation with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.
Derek Waldron, Chief Analytics Officer, JPMorganChase, discusses how banks can scale AI and the winning project that won top honors in the Innovation of the Year awards, LLM Suite, with Penny Crosman, Executive Editor, Technology.
Bridgit Chayt, EVP, Head of Commercial Payments, Fifth Third Bank, discusses what the bank is working on and what clients need now, in conversation with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.
Kristiane Koontz, EVP, Treasury Management and Payments, Zions Bancorp, discusses the future of instant payments, stablecoins and crypto with Chana R. Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief of American Banker.
Listen to Gasan Awad, SVP, Fraud Director, Enterprise Fraud Product Management at PNC Bank, Chris Briggs, Chief Product Officer at Mitek and Jay Leal, CIO at Vantage Bank.
Jackie Reses, one of American Banker's Innovators of the Year for 2023, has started a de novo that will serve fintechs and crypto companies.
Merling is one of American Banker's Innovators of the Year.
Allan Rayson, the chief innovation officer and chief technology officer of Encore Bank, gravitates toward nimble, up-and-coming fintechs that help Encore's commercial clients open accounts and obtain loans digitally.
CEO Mike Butler of Grasshopper Bank surveys the landscape of fintech and discusses how new developments will affect banks and their customers.
Meghan Shue of Wilmington Trust sits down with Mary Ellen Egan of American Banker to discuss her business and what she's telling clients now.
Solita Marcelli of UBS discusses wealth management's future, leadership, and why risk management is the heart of the industry.
Advisors were right not to recommend the decentralized cryptocurrency in the past. They can be right again by recommending it today.
Behavioral finance is increasingly influencing how wealth managers serve their clients. How is the field evolving, and what are the freshest insights?
Meg Carpenter, founder and CEO of FiComm partners, discusses the difficulties RIAs have in marketing themselves, the ways in which these entrepreneurs can build on their strengths to reach clients, and how to harness technology to boost their own profiles.
As more investors look to make portfolio allocations based on their values, we explore what ESG ratings can do — and what they can't.
There is little doubt that growing and protecting wealth is a critical pillar in everyone's financial plan. But what about maintaining and improving your health?
The wealth management business is undergoing considerable transformation. The pandemic has created a new breed of investors, with distinct expectations and tastes formed by new technology and having lived through the financial crisis.
Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement.
Join Financial Planning's Editor-in-Chief, Chana Schoenberger, Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger, industry luminary Mark Tibergien and financial advisor Dasarte Yarnway as they discuss the profound changes the financial advisory sector is undergoing.
Executives from Alliance Bernstein, Edward Jones and Kasisto discuss best practices and ways to improve the client experience.
Industry experts weigh in on the future of wealth management.
American Banker's Holly Sraeel and Uphold's Simon McLoughlin unpack the issues banks face with on-chain finance and how they can leverage their strengths.
As the new administration kicks off, Friedman discusses what she's seeing in the world of tech infrastructure and how banks are using tech to ward off crime.
Dr. Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer at FICO, takes a fresh look at the ever-changing AI landscape, and what's most important to watch in the year ahead.
Smith, chief technology and operations officer at the Utah Bank, shares some of the lessons learned from a recently completed core system replacement.
Portney, one of our The Most Powerful Women in Finance honorees, discusses her role and responsibilities.
Many people are jumping on the AI bandwagon without asking the most basic questions. FICO Chief Analytics Officer Scott Zoldi, who holds a Ph.D. in theoretical and computational physics from Duke University, has been in the business long enough to see the warning signs.
Sophia Goldberg, CEO of the startup Ansa, is a self-described payments nerd. She studied this industry for years — and literally wrote the book on payments — before starting her own company to develop digital wallets. In this live session, Goldberg, one of American Banker's Innovators of the Year for 2024, will share lessons on consumer and merchant behavior, and the changes she expects to see.
Businesses are using a range of payments technologies, new and old, as the instant-payments movement gathers steam. Most Influential Women in Payments honoree Yaminah Sattarian talks about what her clients want and how the payments world is changing, in conversation with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger.
As the use of internet of things (IoT) devices and artificial intelligence grow in popularity, their adoption is creating real risks for end users and insurers alike. As bad actors use it to perpetrate new kinds of fraud, carriers can also utilize it to identify these risks and fraudulent claims more quickly.
Luis Valdich, managing director of Citi Ventures, and Alex Sion, managing director of private equity firm Motive Partners, explain how they envision advanced AI changing work in financial services.
Join Hemant Sarma from Chubb as he shares where the greatest opportunities are for digital transformation.
The head of small business at Truist Bank discusses how regional banks are operating in this market, in conversation with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger.
Will the Federal Reserve cut rates in October? BNP Paribas Chief U.S. Economist James Egelhof discusses the meeting and Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
KC Mathews, executive vice president and chief market strategist at Commerce Trust breaks down the FOMC meeting.
The markets are waiting for the Federal Open Market Committee to make its next move.
The new trade levies are changing the way businesses import and export goods and how they finance their transactions. HSBC's Marissa Adams, Europe and Americas Regional Head of Global Trade Solutions, discusses what's next.
The Federal Open Market Committee will meet on June 17-18. While no rate cuts are expected at this point, things can change quickly. Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist at ITR Economics, provides her take on the meeting the new Summary of Economic Projections and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
Get expert analysis of the May FOMC meeting, inflation outlook, and Powell's comments.
Mike Goosay, Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income at Principal Asset Management, breaks down the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Chair Powell's press conference and the SEP.
The Federal Open Market Committee cut the fed funds target again in December but signaled fewer cuts in 2025. There was some dissent. The markets are watching to see if the Federal Reserve pauses its easing cycle in January. Brian Rehling, head of global fixed-income strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, recaps and parses the previous day's FOMC meeting and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
A week ahead of inauguration day, Scott Colbert, executive vice president, director of fixed income and chief economist at Commerce Trust, takes a look at how the Federal Reserve and the economy will fare in President-elect Donald Trump's second run in the White House.
Donald Trump discussed various items related to the Fed and its independence and stated he would not nominate Jerome Powell for another term as chair. Gennadiy Goldberg, head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, discusses what a Trump presidency may mean for the Fed.
Join Arizent and American Banker experts as they discuss whether bankers and other financial professionals got what they wanted from Trump's victory at the polls.
The Federal Reserve began cutting rates in September. The December meeting is its last of 2024. Will the cutting continue, or will there be a pause? Doug Peta, Chief Strategist, U.S. Investment Strategy, at BCA Research, discusses the meeting and future policy.




















































































