Even if the industry’s financial performance is still lackluster, do bank directors deserve a raise?

Optimism is on the rise, according to the most recent quarterly research conducted by Bank Director magazine and Grant Thornton LLP as part of the 17th Bank Executive Survey. The following are a few highlights from our most recent study completed in June.

In an interconnected world, are Europe’s problems our own? We asked legal experts their take.

The Federal Reserve’s Operation Twist is putting pressure on bank interest margins. Will it make the banks lend more?

What happens when interest rates go up? Bank Director editor Jack Milligan looks to the future of banking.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods chairman and CEO John Duffy gives his update on the banking industry, looking at profitability, stocks and the M&A market.

Steven D. Hovde, president & CEO, Hovde Financial Inc., discusses what the current economic environment means for the financial services industry over the next 12 months.

Steven Hovde of The Hovde Group, an investment bank for the financial services sector, predicts that housing and Europe will hold down economic growth and hurt banks.

The latest home price data makes for grim reading, and it's not good news for the banking industry.