Women in Banking

 Jo Jagadish joined TD Bank in April as its head of commercial products and payments innovation.
Kate Fitzgerald
August 17, 2020 12:01 AM

Jo Jagadish, who joined TD Bank in April as head of commercial products and payments innovation, spent her childhood moving from country to country, so she's used to a world without borders — the kind of world emerging from the capabilities of fintech and demands of the pandemic.

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Brendan Pedersen
June 26, 2020 6:11 PM

While they are not dramatically opposed, Jelena McWilliams and Brian Brooks have articulated their own ideas on postal banking and the use of artificial intelligence in lending.

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A sneak peek of a new podcast launching on American Banker later this summer as part of our Leaders Forum, where senior voices and innovators will share their leadership experiences and perspectives on business-critical topics. Arizent CEO Gemma Postlethwaite talks with Ernie Johannson, BMO’s Group Head of North American Personal and Business Banking, about leadership during the Covid-19 crisis, organizational agility and lessons in discernment.

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A pedestrian walks past a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in Chicago on Oct. 12, 2019.
Jennifer Roberts
May 21, 2020 5:00 AM

Jennifer Roberts, the company's head of business banking, details a process to have units work one-on-one with customers to get Paycheck Protection Program funds deployed faster.

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Barbara A. Sinsley
May 19, 2020 2:18 PM

Congress should pass legislation authorizing use of nontraditional data sources to make credit more available to consumers who’ve taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Penny Crosman
April 17, 2020 1:13 PM

Square Capital and other online lenders joined the Paycheck Protection Program just before it ran out of money. Now they’re ready and waiting for Congress to reload funds that could be better aimed at the smallest companies.

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Jo Ann Barefoot
April 15, 2020 10:51 AM

The SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program is nearly depleted, but there are ways small banks and fintechs, with help from Congress, can remedy the situation.

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Suspending beneficial ownership rules "will facilitate quick access for both PPP and non-PPP credit,” ICBA CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote to congressional leaders.
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Neil Haggerty
April 14, 2020 4:50 PM

A trade group says suspending so-called beneficial owner rules would help financial institutions make more small-business loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.

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Jo Ann Barefoot
April 1, 2020 10:59 AM

Lenders and government guarantors can use loan technology to bring immediate relief to business owners, former OCC official Jo Ann Barefoot says.

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“Combating the COVID-19 crisis demands the full attention and all available resources from the public, from state, local, and federal government entities, as well as all industries, including the vital financial services industry,” said ICBA CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey.
Brendan Pedersen
March 31, 2020 1:57 PM

The ICBA chief’s plea for a six-month halt to regulations not related to the pandemic followed similar calls by community groups and a key Senate Democrat.

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