Career advancement

The switch to in-person internship options, more competition in the field and differences in skills and values led to changes in 2022 industry internships.

As summer nears its end, finance-industry rookies are relishing their freedom while some fret over what it means for their future careers. Anxiety is simmering in Wall Street's kinder era for incomers, according to interviews with 10 young bankers.

A career path in financial services doesn't have to be linear, says Walmart's Julia Unger.

For women, the path to leadership isn't always the same one that men take. Talus Pay CEO Kim Fitzsimmons says her career moved fastest whenever she refused to stay in her lane.

While millions of employees have voluntarily left their jobs over the past year, senior level industry leaders have continued to advance their careers.

Spence, who joined the Cincinnati bank in 2015, will succeed Greg Carmichael as chief executive in July. He says he’ll maintain the company’s current strategic priorities, including regional expansion and digital transformation.

Chryssa Halley, who has been with the company since 2006, was named CFO and Jim Holmberg was named controller.

Liz Wolverton, previously the Georgia bank’s chief strategy and customer experience officer, will oversee its branch network, consumer products, marketing and more.

The card network chose the majority-Black city as the site of its new operations center in part to improve the racial makeup of its workforce and create a new path to leadership for minorities.

David Murphy, the credit union's vice president of risk and finance, will succeed Carol Adler, who is retiring.