Lifetime achievement: LeeAnne Linderman's nonstop advocacy for women in banking

10/01/19

Linderman helped build Zions Bank into a retail force and shaped the multistate retail strategy of its parent company, but she will best be remembered for opening countless doors for women and minorities.

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One community banker's plan to reach the underbanked

10/01/19

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

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Regulators can be the glue in bank-fintech partnerships: FDIC chief

10/01/19

Jelena McWilliams told community bankers that policymakers should be a resource for banks trying to adopt new technology.

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Does it really matter where Wells Fargo’s CEO is based?

10/01/19

Incoming CEO Charles Scharf will remain in New York even though the bank's headquarters is in San Francisco. His hiring underscores the diminished importance of geographical proximity for executives at large banks.

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Small bank’s big digital goal: Launch 3 niche banks

10/01/19

Surety's first online bank, booyah, is aimed at college students and young grads.

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Funding costs top small banks’ list of concerns

10/01/19

More community bankers now say that cost of funds, not regulatory expense, poses the biggest threat to profits, according to a new survey.

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Kraninger’s stance on CFPB constitutionality puts rules in limbo

10/01/19

By declaring that she has too much statutory power, the agency’s director has potentially opened a floodgate of litigation.

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The public option for real-time payments is taking too long

10/01/19

There is no way to know exactly what the market will look like in 2023 or 2024 when FedNow debuts. We're working on a solution that can help our customers right away, says Luanne Cundiff, president and CEO of First State Bank of St. Charles in Missouri.

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Fannie, Freddie to retain earnings; PayPal wins Chinese payments license

10/01/19

The GSEs will hold onto a combined $45 billion as they start the process of going private; PayPal becomes the first foreign firm to win approval to enter the country’s payments market.

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Lifetime achievement: Barbara Desoer's unconventional path to big-bank CEO

09/30/19

In a long and storied career, Barbara Desoer has helped shape two of the largest banks in the country, Bank of America and Citibank. The most striking detail? Her biggest role came after she 'retired.'

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