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The Four Pillars of Smarter Bank Leadership

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions standing in 2030 will have completed a significant and gut-wrenching transformation of their leadership talent. To overcome the struggle, banks need to build leadership teams that align with how a future “Smarter Bank” will operate. At the same time, tomorrow’s leadership will have little to do with “book smarts.”

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In latest shake-up, Truist expands its executive leadership team

American Banker

The regional bank announced a near-doubling of the size of its most-senior leadership team, plus expanded roles for two former SunTrust executives and the hiring of a wholesale banking chief from Wells Fargo. Truist is under pressure to improve both its efficiency and its financial performance.

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Instant Payments: Changing the Middle East payments landscape

Accenture

This thought leadership piece looks at Instant Payments in the Middle East – how this innovative trend being implemented in the region and elsewhere is changing the payments landscape, and what banks should do to fully leverage its value.

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Open Banking in the Middle East: Time is of the essence

Accenture

This is the first in a series of in-depth thought leadership pieces on Open Banking in the Middle East. Subsequent pieces will focus on the business case for banks in the region and lay out the actions they need to take…. This one explains Open Banking and outlines key considerations for the Open Banking journey.

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Regions Bank Plucks New CIO From FinTech Arena

PYMNTS

The latest example of this comes from Regions Bank at its corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to joining the Regions Bank community, Duggirala served as the CTO of Kabbage, a small business lender. The bank’s corporate office has chosen Amala Duggirala as its new CIO.

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A crisis-tested bank CEO's path to leadership

American Banker

He called on those lessons and his more than 30 years of experience to steer the regional bank through last year's turmoil. Ken Vecchione, leader of Western Alliance since 2018, grew up listening to his parents talk business strategy around the dinner table.

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Expedia Leadership Changes Show Power Of Travel Industry Disruption

PYMNTS

Barry Diller, chairman of the board, and Peter Kern, vice chairman and director, will oversee the company’s executive leadership team. Asian inter-regional demand itself is as sizeable as the U.S. Eric Hart, chief strategy officer, will serve as acting CFO. In five years’ time, I think Asia as a whole will be bigger than the U.S.