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Jeff Bales is the Senior Director of Business Development at Notion, empowering home and property owners to be proactive in monitoring their spaces and most valued possessions. Through partner programs, Notion helps insurance carriers, agents and service providers provide value to their customers with Notion's DIY smart monitoring technology.

Debbie Ivie, CPCU, AIM, NcIA, is learning experiences director of the Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU). She can be reached at debbie@netvu.org or 972.409.6209.

Steven Schwartz is VP of Insurance Strategy and Underwriting at Safe Security. Previously, he was CRO at Periculus, and prior, was VP Strategy and Insurance Practice at Cytegic. Steven serves on the Advisory Board at PACE University's Seidenberg School for Computer Science and Information Security, and is a co-founder of both The Data Union and Personal Data Week, introducing the topic of "personal data" and its implications for society, industry, and regulation such as GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS and more to more than 30k global members. He was nominated to NYC's 2017 "33 Under 33" and currently holds his Investment Advisor License (Series 65) and Property, Casualty, Health and Life Insurance licenses.

The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase for "turning a blind eye" to former client Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking on his private island there.

Andrew Hersh is the CEO at Sigma7, a global risk information and services platform. He is an expert in the fields of risk management and national security and has contributed to the evolution of risk management in corporations and governments. Andrew has served as a Senior Fellow at Auburn's McCrary Institute and George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. He has served as a Member of the Infrastructure Advisory Committee for the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness and is a Member of the Cyber & Technology Council at Business Executives for National Security. 

The 23 CEOs on this list run banks and credit unions and are on our Most Powerful Women in Banking, Most Powerful Women to Watch, and Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions.

Federal agencies' complaints against FTX's leaders have led to scrutiny of the banks it worked with. While it's unlikely the bankers will be held accountable for the cryptocurrency exchange's wrongdoing, the case could make it more difficult any bank that wants to work with crypto-related businesses.

Analyst estimates show the six banks are quickly closing in on that financial high water mark and that if they don't reach the milestone at the end of this month, they will sometime in the first few weeks of 2023.

The New Canaan Bank would have been the state's first de novo in more than a decade.

Beth Robertson is a Managing Director of Keynova Group, a principal competitive intelligence source for digital financial services firms that publishes semi-annual Online and Mobile Insurance Scorecards. With more than 30 years of experience, Beth has held leadership roles as a consultant and as a senior-level industry analyst with expertise in digital channels, payments and insurance.