CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2019

Laura Fiene will serve as West Regional Director. Fiene has more than 31 years of experience in regulating financial services companies, including 27 years dedicated to supervising and examining compliance with federal consumer financial laws and regulations. Fiene joined the CFPB in 2011.

Leadership 60

Leadership Boston Policies Regional 60

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

Data 63

Data How To San Jose San Francisco 63

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Fiserv DNA continues to rack up successes in large credit unions, savings banks, and even a few regional commercial banks. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year.

Fintech 147

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

fans traveling to Boston for the start of the World Series will want to pack — and possibly purchase for the first time — sweaters, as this week will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy New England’s crisp fall weather. In payments and commerce this week, a fall chill also rolled through. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans.

Data 134

Data Fraud Cards Regulation 134

NCR

JULY 27, 2016

The immediate aftermath was both shocking and predictable: Markets took a massive hit in many regions, the British pound fell to its lowest point since the mid-’80s, and even the UK’s perch as the world’s fifth-largest economy looked precarious. None of this will be easy.

Survey 40

Survey Regulation Boston Industry 40

Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Recruiting is easier in some regions than others. Connors notes that in Fitchburg, 40 miles west of Boston, he’s competing against Fidelity Investments and MFS on the financial services side, as well as a thriving high-tech corridor. Elizabeth Judd is a writer in Maryland.

Strategy 135

Strategy Community Bank Louisville Community 135

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Goldman Sachs began working to automate its own IPO process after it found that around half of the 127 IPO steps it identified could be done by computers — for example, making calls to compliance, making calls to legal, delivering price updates to clients, preparing the company’s audited financials, and so on.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78