Practice and client management

The Georgia bank estimates that it will save $12 million annually by shutting down 40 branches.

In a semiannual report on trouble spots in the banking sector, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency raised concerns that banks are taking on too much risk in pursuit of earnings growth.

Coming out of the pandemic, traditional banks will have just two years to update their business models or they risk falling behind more innovative peers and aggressive upstarts, the consulting giant warns in a new report.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is having a harder time keeping costs in check as inflation picks up and the lender invests in its domestic consumer franchise.

The aging of the American workforce is expected to hit the financial industry especially hard. So banks are considering nontraditional job candidates, finding bigger roles for young employees and moving those planning their departures into advisory roles.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. might need to borrow money from the Treasury Department to manage the orderly liquidation of a systemically important bank. But if Treasury can’t legally issue more debt, that money may not be available.

Financial services companies tend to push out older employees. That’s a mistake, both because of the loss of institutional knowledge and because it’s older bankers who can build the best rapport with boomer customers.

SAFE Credit Union in Folsom, California, will promote its chief credit officer, Faye Nabhani, to president on Jan. 1 and then CEO a year later. She will be the institution's first female leader in its 80-year history.