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For many credit unions, it's important to not only have underrepresented voices in the C-suite — they must also make sure others can follow a career path to the same roles.

Inflation isn't only driving up travel costs — a key category for credit card spending — it's making shoppers more selective about how they earn and redeem loyalty points for products hit hardest by price increases.

Juliette Kayyem, a veteran crisis manager, explores practical steps leaders can take to be ready for the next disaster in “The Devil Never Sleeps.”

Penny Crosman, Executive Editor, American Banker; Mike Cagney, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Figure

Qualman showcases the 5 Habits that drive success & happiness for employees, partners and customers. Qualman reveals new techniques including Posting-It-Forward, Being Flawsome, and other insights that will make you a better leader to future-proof and transform your audience & organization.

Jonah Crane, Partner, Klaros Group; Kristen Kines, Fintech Sales and Development, Evolve Bank & Trust

Serving Big and Small Clients.

Balazs Barna, Head of Austin Operations & Global Engineering, Wise; Bridget Abraham, Chief Compliance Officer, Remitly

Different ways of utilizing common APIs for revenue, expense, cybersecurity and privacy.

Lincoln Parks, Innovation Officer, Heritage Southeast Bank; Christina Riechers, Head of Product, Square Banking;

Trevor Marshall, Chief Technology Officer, Current

Discover how API-based data exchange solutions can help institutions acquire and retain customers, who will in turn be able to lead healthier financial lives.

The two megabanks said that their capital requirements will rise in the wake of Federal Reserve stress tests, putting downward pressure on their distributions to shareholders. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and others announced plans to raise their dividends.

Leading banks are understanding that the secret sauce that disruptors bring to financial services is their focus on the customer experience. What should banks do to compete?

DLT makes the experience even better with smart contracts and at the same time CBDCs help secure the transaction without the need for managing risks of circulation of paper currency. Hear how the industry is adopting them and ways of combining them for more powerful solutions.

Hafize Gaye Erkan, whose surprise departure from First Republic Bank disrupted the lender’s succession plans earlier this year, will become chief executive officer of Greystone as the closely held commercial-property lender expands into wealth management and private banking.

Wells Fargo has historically underperformed its competitors in the credit card business. The Autograph card, which offers triple points for travel, dining and gas, is part of CEO Charlie Scharf’s effort to compete more effectively.

A new and larger finance industry is emerging — one in which traditional institutions aren’t nearly as dominant as they used to be.

Experts talk about data-driven personalization issues that could directly affect your company.

This session will highlight new American Banker research that explores the state of digital transformation in banking and identifies the drivers that are critical to developing a future-ready technology strategy to advance innovation and growth in the industry.