Always learning - The first woman to hold ABA's top elected post comes aboard with formidable experience and a deep love of the business. Incoming ABA Chairman Elizabeth Duke spent years as a community banker and merged her way into a larger organization. She plays a mean round of golf, but a favorite diversion is -- No kidding -- Playing BankSim.

RETAIL BANKING - You're closer to Niketown than you think - When people walk into a bank, they bring the same traits as when they walk into the mall. Paco Underhill, the man who knows more about malls than anyone (and a lot about branches), offers ways to spiff up the retail bank experience.

Streeter, William, (2005)

ABA CONVENTION - New York, New York, it's a banking town - From the days of the Hamilton-Burr duel to the present, New York's history and banking's fortunes have often been colorfully intertwined. Two veterans of New York banking discuss the city's milestones.

Streeter, William, (2004)

Low profile, high energy - ABA's new president, Aubrey Patterson, share's Elvis's birthplace (Tupelo, Miss.) but not his flamboyance. Look past Patterson's quiet demeanor' though, and you'll see a man with an analytical mind, a competitive spirit, and clearly formed ideas about banking.

Streeter, William, (2002)