Employee stock ownership plans can be a tool to not only retain talent but also promote engagement with the job.

With over 15 years of experience in the risk management and financial services industry, Dimitrios is Managing Director, Head of GenAI Practice at Moody’s. He aims to bridge the gap between emerging ...

Thirty percent of bank leaders do not have a long-term succession plan for C-suite executives other than the CEO, or feel their plan is ineffective, according to Bank Director’s 2025 Compensation & ...

Hugely influential in the financial industry since 1991, Bank Director’s reach extends to all of the top leaders in banking including over 4,500 U.S bank CEOs and over 20,000 outside chairmen, ...

Much of the industry has experienced some degree of regulatory relief in the early days of the second Trump administration. However, the White House has also pledged to crack down on illegal activity ...

Several recent data points document a slow, steady hardening of the bank directors and officers (D&O) marketplace. We asked over 100 D&O underwriters about their expectations for rate increases or ...

Since the founding of our firm over 30 years ago, we’ve been fortunate to assist clients with more than 100 president or CEO succession projects across the financial services landscape. When reviewing ...

Jackie Stewart is the Executive Editor of Bank Director. She is responsible for writing and editing features for the company’s weekly newsletter and quarterly print magazine and oversees sponsored ...

He believes that more boards could benefit from implementing a mentorship program for new directors in their first year, something that Ellwanger describes as critical to the onboarding process at ...

For years, banks have competed by focusing on their products — interest rates, loan structures and account features. But with digital disruption and increasing commoditization, that approach isn’t ...

Each commercial client is unique, but there are generally four ways they may choose to communicate with their bank: directly with their banker, over self-service digital channels, by providing data ...