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4th Quarter 2026
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The Most Powerful Women in Banking, #3, Marianne Lake, JPMorganChase
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3rd Quarter 2026
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or [email protected]. Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
Lonestar Standoff
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
2nd Quarter 2026
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Hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry analysis of ribosome-nascent chain complexes to study protein biogenesis at the peptide level - Nature Protocols
Abstract Nascent proteins begin to fold during their synthesis, while still attached to the ribosome. The dynamic nature of ribosome–nascent chain complexes (RNCs) poses a challenge for conventional structural biology approaches, limiting our understanding of dynamic cotranslational events. Hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) is a powerful label-free technique for studying the conformational equilibria and refolding of full-length proteins with peptide resolution.
Stablecoin Is Coming. Is Your Bank Ready?
*This article appeared in the first quarter 2026 issue of Bank Director magazine. You can subscribe here. Don Morgan grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and, for a time, was a professional on the rodeo circuit. Based in Bismarck, the CEO of Bank of North Dakota is about 1,600 miles from technology hotbeds New York and San Francisco. It’s hardly the profile of a guy you’d expect to be on the frontlines of a cryptocurrency revolution.
Stablecoin Is Coming. Is Your Bank Ready?
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
1st Quarter 2026
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or [email protected]. Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
Inhibition of oligomeric BAX by an anti-apoptotic dimer
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Keywords BCL-2 family proteins pro-apoptotic anti-apoptotic BAX oligomer BCL-w dimer apoptosis cell death mitochondria mitochondrial translocation mitochondrial retrotranslocation small-angle X-ray scattering hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry chemical crosslinking mass spectrometry membrane curvature Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Fuchs, Y. ∙ Steller, H. Programmed cell death in animal development and disease Cell. 2011; 147:742-758 2.
By Catherine Newman, Micah A. Gygi, Haleh Alimohamadi, Thomas M. DeAngelo, Christina Camara, Julian Mintseris, Ezra Yu, Edward Harvey, Zachary J. Hauseman, Lixin Fan, Yun-Xing Wang, Elizabeth W.-C. Luo, Marina Godes, Jacob Gehtman, Ann M. Cathcart, Steven Gygi, John Engen, Gregory H. Bird, Gerard Wong, Thomas E. Wales, Loren D. Walensky
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Failed Bank’s Shareholders Win Big in Crypto Embezzlement Case
When tiny Heartland Tri-State Bank in Elkhart, Kansas, failed in 2023, shareholders appeared to have lost everything. Now, in a stunning development, they’ve recovered the lion’s share of their investment back. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which typically comes out ahead of shareholders in the distribution of failed bank assets, came up empty-handed.
How One Bank Got Caught in the Whipsaw of Immigration Policy
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
4th Quarter 2025
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or [email protected]. Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
The Most Powerful Women in Banking's Life Time Achievement Award: Julie Monaco
As a kid growing up in the '70s, Julie Monaco never imagined being a banker. A regular at model UN competitions, she pictured a career with the State Department or maybe the United Nations. Fortunately for Citigroup , Monaco discovered banking. ...
The Most Powerful Women in Finance, No. 14, Lynn Martin, NYSE Group
When markets swooned in April, NYSE Group President Lynn Martin was ready. Years of investment in cutting-edge technologies and processes had prepared the world's largest exchange to weather the volatility and surging trading volumes wrought by...
The Most Powerful Women in Finance, No. 1, Mary Callahan Erdoes, JPMorganChase
Mary Callahan Erdoes arrives for a meeting seven minutes late, apologizing profusely. The CEO of JPMorganChase 's mammoth asset and wealth management (AWM) business moved into the company's gleaming new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue a day earlier...
Specializing in Profits
Christopher Murphy III was in his mid-20s when he became a member of the board of what is now 1st Source Corp.
An Economic Fog
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
3rd Quarter 2025
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or [email protected]. Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
2nd Quarter 2025
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or [email protected]. Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
Serving on a Bank Board: A Tougher Job
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
Magazine Exclusive: Victim or Perpetrator?
The following feature appears in the first quarter 2025 edition of Bank Director magazine. It and other stories are available to magazine subscribers and members of Bank Director’s Bank Services Program. Learn more about subscribing here. It was late 2022, and Shan Hanes’ future looked bright.
VICTIM OR PERPETRATOR?
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
1st Quarter 2025
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or . Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
Magazine Exclusive: A Conversation with Peter Crist
*The following feature appears in the fourth quarter 2024 edition of Bank Director magazine. It and other stories are available to magazine subscribers and members of Bank Director’s Bank Services Program. Learn more about subscribing here. When Peter Crist was asked to join the board of Rosemont, Illinois-based Wintrust Financial Corp. in 1996, one thing that attracted him was the background of its then-CEO, Edward Wehmer: He had been a chief financial officer.
The House That Ed Built
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
4th Quarter 2024
From how-to articles, director training videos, key interviews with industry leaders and more, Bank Services provides bank executives and directors with the tools to help grow their financial institutions. To sign up for exclusive access to this online bank board resource, please contact Bank Services at 615-777-8461 or . Magazine Subscribers please enter your email and password below. BANK SERVICES members please login . If you would like to subscribe to our Magazine, click HERE.
Capitalizing on Disruption: California’s Entrepreneurial Five Star Bancorp
James Beckwith, CEO of Five Star Bancorp, is always looking for opportunities to grow his $3.6 billion Rancho Cordova, California-based franchise. A decade ago, he stumbled across a profitable niche financing manufactured housing parks that has turned into a core growth engine. Five Star also made hay during the pandemic originating loans under the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, when small business owners couldn’t get bigger banks to pick up the phone.
Where Have All the Buyers Gone?
The following feature appears in the third quarter 2024 edition of Bank Director magazine. It and other stories are available to magazine subscribers and members of Bank Director’s Bank Services Program. Learn more about subscribing here. The board and management team of $74 million Lake City Federal Bank in Lake City, Minnesota, had plenty of reasons to begin pursuing a merger before its recent sale.
Where Have All the Buyers Gone?
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
3rd Quarter 2024
Laura Alix Director of Research Laura Alix is the Director of Research at Bank Director, where she collaborates on in-depth strategic research for bank directors and senior executives, including Bank Director’s annual surveys. She also writes for BankDirector.com and edits online video content. Laura is particularly interested in workforce recruitment and retention strategies, and environmental, social and governance issues facing the banking industry.
Resolving chaperone-assisted protein folding on the ribosome at the peptide level - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Abstract Protein folding in vivo begins during synthesis on the ribosome and is modulated by molecular chaperones that engage the nascent polypeptide. How these features of protein biogenesis influence the maturation pathway of nascent proteins is incompletely understood. Here, we use hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to define, at peptide resolution, the cotranslational chaperone-assisted folding pathway of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase.
A Reset on Interest Rates
Remember the good ol’ days, way back in December and January, when inflation was falling, and interest rate cuts looked all-but certain? We could have six, maybe seven, cuts in 2024 alone, the thinking went. And those cuts would be a magic elixir for much of what ails a struggling banking industry, alleviating the pain of underwater bond holdings, compressed margins and shaky credit quality while reviving valuations and the M&A market.
Picking the Right Fights
Bank M&A Bank M&A topics will include balance sheet considerations for both the acquiring and acquired financial institutions such as deposits, capital adequacy, credit quality and more. Information around regulatory preparations and concerns as well as credit risks will also be addressed. Explore
2nd Quarter 2024
Laura Alix Director of Research Laura Alix is the Director of Research at Bank Director, where she collaborates on in-depth strategic research for bank directors and senior executives, including Bank Director’s annual surveys. She also writes for BankDirector.com and edits online video content. Laura is particularly interested in workforce recruitment and retention strategies, and environmental, social and governance issues facing the banking industry.
Proxy Preview: From Performance to Politics, Banks Under Scrutiny
Annual meeting season is nigh, and with it the corporate proxy statements that often set the agenda for those meetings. It’s the time of the year when anyone who owns a given number of shares can bring their grievances to the board and shareholders, all with the cudgel of director elections hanging over the proceedings.
Its Numbers Declining, the Branch Is Undergoing a Remake
You’ve got to admire the pluck and resilience of the branch. First, the internet was supposed to kill the need for physical locations, then the mobile phone. While the overall numbers continue to edge downward, reports of the branch’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Indeed, in some ways it’s going through a renaissance, though it’s not clear if that’s to everyone’s benefit.
The Good, Bad and Ugly: What’s Next for Bank CRE Portfolios
When New York Community Bancorp announced a $260 million fourth-quarter loss due mostly to a massive build up in loss reserves, it sent shudders down the collective spine of a banking industry that’s been waiting for a shakeout in the commercial real estate space. The $116 billion Hicksville, New York-based banking company, which has more than half of its loan book in CRE, reported net charge-offs of $185 million and boosted its loan loss provisions to $552 million.
Is the Banking Industry Turning a Corner?
A soft landing and continued low unemployment rates. The promise of coming interest rate cuts. A recent surge in bank valuations. A renewed wave of fintech-driven innovation. The potential for a long-awaited rebound in merger-and-acquisition activity. There are plenty of reasons for bankers and their boards to feel optimistic about the year ahead — but also more than a few challenges — and they’re all on display at Bank Director’s 2024 Acquire or Be Acquired Conference.
It’s Taking Longer to Close Deals, But Why?
The board of Columbia Banking System was confident of a relatively quick turnaround when it agreed to a $5.1 billion merger with rival Umpqua Holdings Corp. in October 2021, and with good reason: Just 11 days earlier, it had closed another — albeit smaller — deal for Bank of Commerce Holdings in less than four months. Given $30 billion Umpqua’s size, “we expected it would be an eight- or nine-month process” to close the deal, says Clint Stein, Tacoma, Washington-based Columbia’s CEO.
Covalent inhibition of pro-apoptotic BAX - Nature Chemical Biology
Abstract BCL-2-associated X protein (BAX) is a promising therapeutic target for activating or restraining apoptosis in diseases of pathologic cell survival or cell death, respectively. In response to cellular stress, BAX transforms from a quiescent cytosolic monomer into a toxic oligomer that permeabilizes the mitochondria, releasing key apoptogenic factors. The mitochondrial lipid trans-2-hexadecenal (t-2-hex) sensitizes BAX activation by covalent derivatization of cysteine 126 (C126).
What Could Make Bank Stocks Soar or Sputter in the Year Ahead
After a rocky year, bank valuations began to rebound in the fourth quarter of 2023, recovering to levels not seen since before March’s regional bank failures. That has many bankers and analysts feeling cautiously optimistic: Are we poised for higher valuations in 2024, or will it be more of the same?
Banks Get Bigger, But at What Cost?
Banks Get Bigger, But at What Cost? The board of Columbia Banking System in Tacoma, Washington, debated how to stay relevant in a rapidly consolidating, increasingly complex environment. After careful review, directors decided that the best way to create value and keep their strategic options open was also the most obvious: Get bigger. A few hundred miles to the south, the board of Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Oregon, had reached a similar conclusion.
3rd Quarter 2023
Banks Get Bigger, But at What Cost? After the latest banking crisis, finding the sweet spot of size might be trickier — and more important — than ever.
3rd Quarter 2023
Emily McCormick Vice President of Editorial & Research Emily McCormick is Vice President of Editorial & Research for Bank Director. Emily oversees research projects, from in-depth reports to Bank Director’s annual surveys on M&A, risk, compensation, governance and technology. She also manages content for the Bank Services Program.
Wall Street is paying more attention to the business risks posed by water
From cereal maker General Mills, which relies on local farmers around the world to supply grains and nuts for its products, to tech firms like Microsoft and Amazon that need dependable supplies of freshwater to cool data centers, the list of companies vulnerable to water-related disruptions is growing. By one estimate, some $15.5 billion worth of corporate assets have been left stranded or at risk by things like community opposition or regulatory changes triggered by water stress.
Structural mechanism of a drug-binding process involving a large conformational change of the protein target - Nature Communications
Abstract Proteins often undergo large conformational changes when binding small molecules, but atomic-level descriptions of such events have been elusive. Here, we report unguided molecular dynamics simulations of Abl kinase binding to the cancer drug imatinib. In the simulations, imatinib first selectively engages Abl kinase in its autoinhibitory conformation.
Silicon Valley Bank helped finance China's innovation economy. What happens next?
Before it became infamous for the weaknesses on its balance sheet, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was known for the strength of its ties to the tech industry. So adept was SVB at serving the venture/startup ecosystem that it eventually took that expertise overseas. The crown jewel of its global operations was China, where it served more than 2,000 clients and advised government regulators eager to make their banking system more innovation-friendly.
Dynamics of integrin α5β1, fibronectin, and their complex reveal sites of interaction and conformational change
Dynamics, stability, and affinity for α5β1 of Fn fragments and mutants We describe, in turn, deuterium uptake dynamics in fibronectin fragments, then in the integrin α5β1 headpiece fragment, and then in integrin α5β1 headpiece complexes with fibronectin fragments and RGD peptide ( Supplementary Table S1 ). We first measured HDX for Fn9–10 (30 peptides constituting 97.3% sequence coverage) and Fn7–10 (32 peptides constituting 69.8% sequence coverage) in the absence of α5β1 integrin.
3rd Quarter 2022
By: Laura Alix, director of research at Bank Director The 2022 Compensation Survey finds banks struggling against inflation and a tight labor market where jobs outnumber potential candidates by as much as two-to-one. By: Emily McCormick, vice president of research for Bank Director Signature Bank, Customers Bancorp and others are leveraging blockchain-based payments platforms to serve commercial customers and so far, it’s a win for all parties.
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