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Private equity and private credit shops are among the few firms with the capital and appetite needed to buy sizable amounts of consumer assets originated by bigger banks.

An employment attorney shares how to make sure AI hiring tools follow policies and regulations.

JPMorgan Chase, Regions Financial and TD Bank Group are among those deploying technology to level the playing field for customers of varied abilities.

The instant-payments rail, which was set to go live this month, has postponed its launch indefinitely. Experts say it's having trouble keeping the interest of the country's major banks.

Craig Kurtzweil is the chief data and analytics officer at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. In this role, he is responsible for leveraging healthcare's largest data set to help enable informed health care decisions, ensuring consistency across internal and external reporting, exploring new ways to apply data through machine learning and artificial intelligence, and making data a competitive differentiator for UnitedHealthcare in the marketplace. He is known for his leadership in delivering compelling insight based on data and analytics in a narrative that supports the vision of helping people live healthier lives and making the health care system work better for everyone.

Craig joined the organization in 2005 to begin building a team of strategic customer analytics specialists. Since then, he has been focusing on enhancing the role that analytics plays in the ability to support National Accounts customers. Craig formed the Center for Advanced Analytics to focus on analytic innovations that change the way we evaluate health care value. His teams also focus on the largest and most complex clients that require a deeper and broader view of data, ranging from cost and utilization data to productivity and disability exposure. He is constantly working on the next generation of health care analytics.  

Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, Craig served as an actuarial consultant at Deloitte. Craig graduated University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in actuarial science. He lives in Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter.

Patty Starr is president and CEO of Health Action Council and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the organization--build stronger, healthier communities where business can thrive. Since joining the Health Action Council staff in 2013, she has transformed the organization yielding broad national expansion and seven consecutive years of growth. 

Patty is a member of the Advisory Board at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Board of Directors for Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO). She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Better Health Partnership, Ohio Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and Health Action Council before becoming executive director in 2013.  In 2022, she was named a Woman of Influence by Cleveland Business Journal, and in 2018, she was named among Notable Women in Healthcare by Crain's Cleveland Business. 

Prior to Health Action Council, she was the senior director of health insurance and benefits at the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) and president and founder of The Ark Individual Insurance Brokerage.

After holding at its last meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee may decide to raise rates again in July.

Jennett Douglas is a senior client services manager for Felix. In her work, she utilizes a wealth of knowledge and experience in project management, research-based practices, human development and learning, and coaching.

Nicole Halverson serves as Carpe Data's first VP of People and Culture. Throughout her time at Carpe Data, Nicole has built a people-focused team driving talent acquisition, people and organizational development, employee relations, employee engagement, and DEIB. Nicole has helped triple Carpe Data's employee base in the US and Portugal, and has helped coach employees towards high performance and innovation while committing to the Company's core values: act like an owner, lead with empathy, and be bold and creative. Before Carpe Data, Nicole spent eight years in operations and people management in private education.

Crown was the longest-serving board member of JPMorgan Chase, having been a director for the bank or its predecessor firms going back to 1991.