Easing reg burden among bankers’ hopes for the New Year
The past year was a tough one for community bankers, with rising costs, squeezed margins and beastly regulatory burden. But change is coming. At least, that’s the hope. [Continue]
Writer: Jackie Hilgert
2024 in Review: Recognizing difference makers
As much as BankBeat invests to bring you stories about issues and trends, or opens space on its pages for shared opinions, this publication has always focused closely on the people of banking. [Continue]
2024 in Review: Banks make a community impact
Commercial banking is the hallmark of the Main Street Bank, and BankBeat was struck by how one Iowa bank put a spin on boosting area businesses. [Continue]
2024 in Review: Industry shows resilience, growth
Commercial banking has been somewhat of a bulwark in the decline of physical branches. [Continue]
2024 in review: Fraud growing harder to detect, fight
While artificial intelligence promises to create time-saving tools and processes for bankers, AI opens the door to increasingly sophisticated scams, aimed at bankers and their customers alike. A new concern in 2024: deep fake videos. [Continue]
Economic challenges dominated community banking in 2024
Twenty twenty-four was yet another challenging year for community bankers. [Continue]
BankNews Outstanding Women 2024: Shannon Johnson
Shannon Johnson, EVP and chief administrative officer for Kansas City, Mo.-based UMB Bank, and a 2024 BankNews “Outstanding Women in Banking” honoree, has a lot going on. [Continue]
Outstanding Women 2024: Jacqueline Ruge-Perkins
From the same office her grandmother once occupied, Jacqueline Ruge-Perkins, president and CEO of First State Bank of Porter, Ind., embodies the spirit of the bank’s one-time matriarch, leading with the belief that what’s good for the community is good for the $160 million bank. [Continue]
Outstanding Women 2024: Laura Wildenborg
As the climate continues to churn out headline-generating crises, it feels almost trite to posit that a bank account can be part of the solution. [Continue]
Cyber fraud is neither a trick nor a treat
It’s Spooky Season, and there’s plenty to fear these days (next week’s election notwithstanding). Fraud is on the rise and we’re all vulnerable. [Continue]