Bank of America

The graduates of this year's Fintech Innovation Lab New York, chosen by executives at 43 banks, are focusing on improving artificial intelligence, solving IT issues and providing a better customer experience.

Banks are more established organizations that cannot afford to take the same shortcuts and risks as startups do in fintech development, executives said.

Among the six biggest U.S. banks, Bank of America might deliver one of the steepest jumps in payouts. Wells Fargo is the wild card.

Senior leaders may say that they want to hear bad news, but that doesn’t mean lower-level employees are eager to share it with them.

Bank of America is in expansion mode and wants to add 10,000 retail and other workers who better reflect the communities it serves.

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Competition for deposits is heating up as summer approaches, and banks are responding in all sorts of ways — from launching digital-only platforms to raising CD rates to reviving debit rewards. But rising interest rates could weaken demand for loans, especially mortgages.

The bank’s AI-driven virtual assistant, which lets people quickly search transactions and cancel subscriptions and other recurring charges, was an instant hit. But BofA will have to take a number of steps to sustain erica's early momentum.

Only 15% of bank customers at Bank of America use its online investment platform, but the company expects that figure to increase as it opens branches in nine major cities.

From the opportunities — and threats — in artificial intelligence to envisioning a world in which "Wi-Fi is like air," here is what everyone was buzzing about at American Banker's Digital Banking conference.