Leaders in Banking Excellence Class of 2025
The IBA named four bankers as Leaders in Banking Excellence, the Association’s highest honor, at our Annual Convention in September. This year’s honorees include a banker with more than 60 years of experience who received the Sagamore of the Wabash not once but twice; a man who achieved the title of president & CEO at just 34 years old; the first woman to be named president & CEO and serve on the board of her bank; and an attorney who supported and advised the state’s banking industry in both the courtroom and the board room for more than three decades.
HR Topics: Personal posts, professional problems
In the digital age, employee posts on personal social profiles can impact the company they work for. For banks and other financial institutions where reputation, regulatory compliance and public trust are paramount, a single employee post can do serious damage to an institution’s bottom line.
Compliance Connection: Protecting your interests as a lender
The need for a tenant to subordinate its leasehold interest may seem odd to some. Isn’t a mortgage always going to be superior to a tenant’s leasehold interest? Under Indiana law, no!
National perspective
Our partners at ABA advocate for working together to stop scams, while ICBA delves into the community impact of community banks.
BANKER PROFILE
Diane Dalton, vice president and community development officer at Peoples Bank, Munster, opens up about a recent professional challenge that taught her an important lesson, talks about what she sees as the most exciting trend in banking right now, and discusses being a first-generation college graduate. | Meet Diane.
DIGITAL EXTRA: Your Board’s cybersecurity oversight probably isn’t good enough
Most bank boards struggle with cybersecurity oversight because they don’t know what questions to ask, how to interpret the answers or whether their security measures are actually working. Board cybersecurity literacy doesn’t mean directors must become technical experts. But it does require structured questioning, clear reporting that translates technical risks into business impact and honest assessment of organizational maturity.
Digging deeper
Other articles from this issue include:
- Elevating portfolio management from passive to purposeful.
- Delving into compliance issues surrounding President Trump’s executive order on “debanking.”
- A look back at our Annual Convention, “Rooted in Growth.”
- Turning missed moments into meaningful connections with the help of AI.
- Logansport Savings Bank joining the ranks of Indiana banks in operation for 100 years.
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