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Three former CFPB officials seek more enforcement against lenders; Federal Reserve interest rates hikes have boosted bank profits.

A meticulous approach to expansion, along with an ability to produce solid results while based in a slow-growth state, explains why Hageboeck is a Best in Banking honoree.

The Bridgeport, Conn., company is developing a specialty in banking technology businesses. Like so many other small regionals with ambitious growth plans, it faces a tricky balancing act: how to take creative risks without getting in over its head.

He will take over as CEO from Carlos Torres Vila, who becomes chairman at year-end. Still unknown: who will run the company's U.S. bank once Genç moves up.

Proponents of real-time payments systems say banks must embrace them given consumer demand for more immediacy and transparency, even if criminals will try to exploit them.