Commercial banking

Aryan Sheikhalian is head of research at CMT Digital.

Nisha Bhandare is a distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner Finance. She advises clients who are in the midst or embarking on a finance transformation journey, primarily in the areas of finance technology strategy and implementation, ERP deployment and invoice to cash processes. She previously worked in progressive leadership roles in FP&A, controllership, finance transformation and operations.

Will Wilkinson is the director of government affairs at Persona.

AMDR 2025-1 is the inaugural securitization for Americor, an Irvine, Calif.-based which offers debt resolution services, personal loans, debt resolution loans, mortgages and home equity lines of credit.

Michael Barr said he believes artificial intelligence will have a positive long-term impact on the economy, though it may cause job losses in the short term.

Natalie Neelan is director of innovation at Boston Mutual Life Insurance, she leads a team dedicated to turning emerging ideas into measurable business impact. Previously, she founded and scaled her own consultancy, Straightline Innovation, and partnered with major organizations including Nationwide and Highmark. Her expertise spans strategic communications, human-centered design, and building ecosystems that accelerate corporate transformation. A Certified Digital Marketing Professional and LUMA Human-Centered Design Facilitator, Natalie is also the author of Rebel at Work: How to Innovate and Drive Results When You Aren't the Boss. She earned her MBA in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Strategy from Chatham University and her BS in Communications from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

The Federal Reserve Board finalized changes to its supervisory rating framework, allowing large bank holding companies to be considered "well managed," even with one deficient rating.

Investors have turned to private readings such as the Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. report showing companies announced the most job cuts for any October in over 20 years.

Manish Naik serves as the President of Cigna Healthcare's Dental and Vision benefits products.  The business currently serves over 17 million customers across the United States. In this role he is responsible for network strategy and development, product strategy and development, provider relations, sales operations, innovation, and clinical execution.

Previously, Kim was a managing director in J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s strategic investments group, where she managed a diverse portfolio of fintech investments.

Despite record loan applications, Upstart's AI pulled back, causing a revenue miss and raising "incremental uncertainty" about its core underwriting model.