Median pay for CEOs at banks with less than $20 billion of assets was about a tenth of the median amount for bosses at banks with more than $100 billion of assets in American Banker's 2013 compensation survey. Growth in pay from 2011 was about even between the two groups, however. Here are some of the most richly rewarded chiefs among the smaller banks. Ratings of the banks' pay practices, on a scale from A to F, are provided by GMI Ratings, a governance watchdog. Figures are for 2012; GMI assessments are as of April 29.

CEO pay rose a median 11% in 2012 among a group of 149 banks. Here are some of the most highly paid bank bosses of the year. Ratings of the banks' pay practices, on a scale from A to F, are provided by GMI Ratings, a governance watchdog. Figures are for 2012; GMI assessments are as of April 29.

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