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This is the first part of a series presented annually by Crowe Horwath on BankingExchange.com in banking compensation trends.

Bank salaries still growing, but future uncertain

Management should address lack of gap between high and low performers
“There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. He aims to fix that.

Bad behaviors in the workplace

Ultimately industry behavior comes down to individual responsibility
Fintech expert Chris Skinner gave his advice in a format new to Money 20/20 this year: The Forum. Staged like theater-in-the-round, Forum presentations were broadcast to audience members via wireless headsets.

"Nothing less than transformation"

Blunt Money 20/20 talk from fintech author Chris Skinner attempts to jolt bankers into new age—or else
2018 may see some baseline issues change for some banks. Do some "what ifs" now, advises Vincent Clevenger of Darling Consulting Group, and you might avoid some nasty surprises.

4 key questions for 2018 budgeting

Yield curve’s future shape, deposit trends, and new hedge accounting rules among challenges
Among the gaps Pablo Sanchez and his team filled in at HSBC was credit card offerings. A metal card—the HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard—was just introduced for a key segment: people who travel regularly, particularly to and from the Far East and Europe to the U.S. East and West Coasts.

HSBC’s retail transformation hits stride

Two years in, venerable bank embraces digital, but feels banks are not endangered
Some technologies—blockchain is the latest—can suffer from too much hype early on, says Well’s Steve Ellis.

“Let tech breathe” a bit

Talking about banking innovation with Wells Fargo’s innovation chief Steve Ellis
S&P Global Market Intelligence, formerly S&P Capital IQ and SNL, is the premier provider of breaking news, financial data, and expert analysis on business sectors critical to the global economy. This article originally appeared on the SNL subscriber side of S&P Global's website.

CECL stirs D.C. concerns

Regulators concerned about banks hiring third-party vendors to handle it
Has the intent of OCC's fintech charter proposal been misunderstood, or have opponents misrepresented it? Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika addressed criticisms of the proposal, which remains in draft, in a recent speech.

Acting Comptroller counters fintech charter misunderstandings

Insists concept is not about mixing banking and commerce
Bad tech can sink a bank like bad loans. It just takes longer. Here's how to stay afloat.

How to "get" tech



3 key steps your bank must take to survive
Lowly savings account proves small-biz hook

Lowly savings account proves small-biz hook

Capital One’s Spark Business unit highlights need to save—often overlooked by SBOs
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