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CEOs at financial services companies enjoyed nifty bonuses in fiscal 2011, even as their stocks languished. Those trends typify the balancing act that companies and their boards face in setting executive compensation packages.

The financial crisis has played havoc with pay and demand for talent well beyond the offices of bank CEOs. Eric Pikus of Korn/Ferry International discusses where banks are adding and subtracting from their ranks.

Bank Technology News Editor Penny Crosman discusses how her staff picked the top financial services technologists of 2012.

Banks that guarantee paydays ought to beware of a political and regulatory backlash. So warns Ken Feinberg, the former executive compensation overseer for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The much-derided Durbin Amendment capping debit interchange fees lifted the number two card payment network in the first quarter. At Visa, Durbin was a drag that the industry leader successfully overcame.

The former Tarp pay master urges banks to head off anger over executive compensation by voluntarily complying with pay standards laid out by regulators.

The Federal Housing Administration is "by no means out of the woods," former commissioner and current Mortgage Bankers Association CEO David Stevens says.

Gov. Daniel Tarullo met in private with big bank CEOs and talked in public about the progress of regulatory reform last week. American Banker’s editors discuss the takeaways.

With strong ledgers and creative management, many community bankers are proving they can thrive despite greater regulatory hurdles and the ever-present threat of large banks.

A tiny merger in Maine could prove a test case for a type of deal that risk-averse acquirers have been struggling to pull off.