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4th Quarter

4th Quarter 2024

The 4th Quarter issue of Bank Director magazine is now available! To view, scroll down, select from the articles below, and use your login credentials to access.

In this issue we focus on cybercrime, regulatory overreach, Wintrust Chicago’s founder Ed Wehmer and banking as a service. In addition, we release the results of our 2024 Technology Survey and reveal how bank leaders are thinking about data infrastructure.

FEATURED ARTICLES

The Business of Cybercrime Explodes

The dark underbelly of commerce has morphed into a full-scale ecosystem of crime. Bank and their customers are the targets.

Article ON – 10/09/2024
Author
Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
The House That Ed Built

Founder Ed Wehmer, left, leveraged a unique operating structure and a growth-first approach to make Wintrust Chicago’s dominant local bank. His successor, Tim Crane, right, wants to take the act to other markets.

Article ON – 10/09/2024
Author
John Engen
Contributing Writer
Braving the Bumps in Banking as a Service

A slew of consent orders and the collapse of a middleware provider has some banks exiting the banking as a service space. But other financial institutions see opportunity. Can they find a successful path?

Article ON – 10/09/2024
Author
Emily McCormick
Vice President of Editorial & Research
Banking’s 11th Commandment: Sue Thy Regulator

Two landmark decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have handed the banking industry a potent judicial weapon against regulatory overreach. Is that a good thing?

Article ON – 10/09/2024
Author
Jack Milligan
Editor-at-Large
Mind the Data Gap

Bank Director’s 2024 Technology Survey reveals how bank leaders are thinking about data infrastructure and new technology initiatives.

Article ON – 10/09/2024
Author
Laura Alix
Director of Research

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

For Your Review Laura Alix
Director of Research
Last Word John Engen
Contributing Writer
Market Intelligence John Engen
Contributing Writer
Point of View Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief