Linking Banking Career Aspirations with a Personal Finance Foundation
Union Savings Bank pairs personal finance skills with its banking careers program for underrepresented communities.
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Podcast: Building a Career as a Community Banker
Two rising community bank executives in North Carolina share lessons in career development and leadership.
Podcast: How a Community Banker Helped Columbus Discover Modern Architecture
With just 44,000 residents, how did the town of Columbus, Indiana, become one of the nation’s leading architectural destinations — ranked sixth of all U.S. cities for architectural innovation and design? The answer: a community bank president named J. Irwin Miller.
Walking ‘In Someone Else’s Shoes’
Santander Bank is helping to bring awareness to domestic abuse. In particular, the bank is helping victims to overcome two daunting obstacles that can often prevent victims from leaving an abusive situation: learning about finances and establishing their own credit history.
Podcast: A Bank Strategy that Bridges the Gap
“When you think about what’s happening in America, there’s a bifurcation that’s happening,” says Orvin Kimbrough. “You have more and more people pushing to the upper echelons of economic continuum, and you have many more who are pushing to the lower end, and the middle group is being squeezed.”
Data Sharing Pilot Strengthens Marketplace for Unbanked
There’s a clear business case for offering Bank On-certified accounts as a way for financial institutions to both serve the unbanked and grow their banks.
Podcast: Celebrating Bankers’ Community Commitment
The latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast continues a pre-Thanksgiving tradition by interviewing the winners of ABA’s 2019 Community Commitment Awards. These stories present the perfect inspiration as we prepare for the season of thanks and giving.
Webster Bank’s Kathryn Luria Receives ABA’s Highest Honor
Kathy Luria of Webster Bank today received the highest individual honor bestowed by the American Bankers Association: the ABA Foundation’s George Bailey Distinguished Service Award.
Leader of the Pod
Meet Puget Sound banker Laurie Stewart, who is chairing ABA in 2019-20.
Bankers Nationwide Observe Get Smart About Credit Day
More than 6,000 bankers will deliver financial education lessons to nearly 156,000 teens nationwide this year as part of ABA’s Get Smart About Credit initiative, which is sponsored by Ally Financial, Citi, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo.