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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Readers: What was the best book you read in August?

Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Bank Director/FinXTech is hiring a banking and fintech editor! DM if you have questions about the role. (Note: I’m not the EIC but would be your potential colleague on the editorial team.)

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

What have you read and enjoyed recently? I read some strong nonfiction in May, including Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams and The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak.

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Latest issue of Bank Director is up and explores: *What Trump 2.0 means for bank regulation *The SoCal fires and the state of the insurance industry *Why a bank director’s job is now tougher *Why cybersecurity and fraud are top of mind in our 2025 Risk Survey www.bankdirector.com/magazine/2nd...

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Currently reading: Mistborn Dear Chairman What an Owl Knows

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Sharing my January 2025 reads (from @thestorygraph.com) — topping the list were How to Sell a Haunted House, My Darling Dreadful Thing and Orbital. What are you reading now?

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Michaud shares a chart regularly that describes the market share shift by the biggest banks. This is despite a growth cap on Wells Fargo and lack of growth at Citi.

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We’ve kicked off Acquire or Be Acquired! #AOBA25 KBW’s Tom Michaud is providing an industry update — says we’re in the next M&A wave and believes banking has turned a corner.

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The latest issue of Bank Director magazine is out now — with my cover story on the seven deadly sins of bank boards! I spent time wading through material loss reviews and talking to seasoned bank leaders for this piece. Check it out at BankDirector.com (subscription needed).

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Best Reads of 2024 Fiction + Non-Fiction *Note, this is the best I read this year, not based on when it was published. What’s on your list?

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

When I say this looks exactly like my high school band uniform …

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

TOMORROW: Gain insights on bank M&A from two seasoned dealmakers! Jim Ryan of Old National Bank + Randy Chesler of Glacier Bancorp will join me to discuss their recent experiences, lessons learned + their expectations for 2025. vimeo.com/event/459127...

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This could be due to the Congressional Review Act. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/... If it’s not approved, regulators won’t have another go at it. (I talked to attorney recently about rules not yet been finalized + why that was unlikely at this point; this came up as a reason why.)

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What are the top profitability challenges facing banks? Bank Director’s 2025 Bank M&A Survey finds the majority of bank leaders pointing to deposit costs, with regulatory compliance + tech expenses a relatively distant 2nd + 3rd. Read more: www.bankdirector.com/article/2025...

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Not requesting a follow but couldn’t help but notice that your cat looks a lot like my cat.

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Emily McCormick @ehmccormick.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

About Me: - Focused on banking/corporate governance/finreg via work for Bank Director magazine (writer/editor/head of research); also interested in finance/econ - omnivorous reader, fiction and nonfiction - amateur musician + have several crafty little hobbies - this little guy is often in my lap

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