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It’s too soon to gauge the true impact of recent tax cuts on loan demand, but anecdotes from bankers suggest that, after months of stagnation, pipelines are filling up again.

Most general counsels are men, but in 2017 women filled more than half of the top legal positions that opened up at large financial firms. The trend is likely to continue as the population of women lawyers swells and banks continue to diversify their senior ranks.

An exclusive look at the Senate's tightly held housing finance plan drew the most interest from readers this week, while TD's foray into AI and the roller coaster at CFPB also dominated attention.

In a move rare for the industry, the bank bought a team of data scientists to bolster its artificial intelligence efforts in areas including product recommendations and fraud prevention.

Banks are increasingly investing in technology that will enable them to deliver highly personal and customized communications with customers.

Commercial customers, including small businesses, seem ready to pay up to shift to faster, more sophisticated electronic invoicing and payments, and enterprising banks that provide them the technology to do so could find it lucrative.

TD Bank's new lab seeks to divine the future of banking.

You might need to call on different strategies to help you advance at each stage of your career, says Linda Verba of TD Bank.

Efforts to make it easier for small businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled with key community banks' outreach initiatives, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending, but credit union participation is still lagging.

Banks such as Citigroup, Regions and TD have decided they need to offer mobile customers truly customized experiences. They are experimenting with different ways of doing so that come across as helpful without being intrusive.

Efforts to make it easier for smaller businesses to apply for SBA loans, coupled by concerted expansion efforts among key regional and community banks, contributed to the third consecutive record for 7(a) lending.

Executives from across the industry celebrated gender diversity Thursday evening at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance dinner in New York.

Linda Verba, head of service strategy for TD Bank, discussed how the right look can build confidence and credibility.

TD Bank's Linda Verba, who received a lifetime achievement award at the Most Powerful Women in Banking gala, said diversity cannot just be a buzzword.

Bank of Montreal and Toronto-Dominion Bank are emerging as the banks of choice for Canada's burgeoning marijuana industry, even as some lenders shun the sector.

Tel Aviv is home to some of the world's top cybersecurity talent, the bank said.

Verba's two-decade career at one of the East Coast's fastest-growing banks began with an old-fashioned letter to a local bank when she was in her late 40s and an epiphany about work-life balance.

Banks that find true innovation hard to accomplish can take heart — it’s no picnic for startups either. To hear both sides share their challenges is an argument for collaboration.

Ellen Patterson is one of just 21 TD employees with an EVP title globally and the only female EVP based in the United States.

In the newly created role, Jane Russell manages TD’s call centers, ATMs and digital operations, and directs all operations within its 1,250 U.S. branches