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When the bank needed to cut costs over the last year, it shied away from across-the-board layoffs, said Stewart, who has led Sound for more than three decades.

Under McKinney, Comerica's retail bank generated $965 million in revenue and 20% revenue growth in 2023. She leads 2,580 employees in the retail bank, which has $27 billion in loans and deposits. 

Thurlow has been the CEO at Reading for 18 years, and will finish her stint as chair of the American Bankers Association in October.

Popular promoted Castellví to chief security officer in 2018; she had been general auditor. She reports to CEO Ignacio Alvarez and leads a team of more than 350 employees.

Few banks are listening to what their customers are saying on Reddit, but the site can help them spot customer complaints and develop content that dispels misinformation. 

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and John Hickenlooper say recent data suggests there is "no need for restrictive interest rates" and easier monetary policy is necessary to lower housing costs.

It is nonsensical for the government to sue one of the leading lenders in an underserved minority community as a means of encouraging more lending in that community.

Multiple lenders filled leadership roles across the country, including National Bankshares in Virginia, while Peoples Financial in Pennsylvania said its CEO would step down.