A Look at Women-Led De Novo Efforts

At least six new bank initiatives over the past five years have been spearheaded by female bankers. We also look at FedNow, which is celebrating its first anniversary.

Happy Monday, Bank Slaters!

How’s your summer? Everything is humming along here — working on a few interesting advisory projects and gearing up for a bigger push with our budgeting survey as more banks put second-quarter reporting in their rearview mirrors.

Let’s talk about women-led de novo efforts, highlighting notable initiatives from the past five years. We are aware of at least six efforts — three that have opened and three more in various stages of creation — that have a female CEO, women-led investor base or both.