Banking Editor
American Banker
Kevin Wack is the Banking Editor at American Banker, leading the publication's coverage of large, regional and community banks. He also writes regularly about business, regulatory and legal issues that affect the banking industry.
Kevin, who's based in Southern California, has more than 14 years of experience at American Banker. He previously served as the publication's consumer finance reporter and, earlier, while based in Washington, D.C., as its Capitol Hill correspondent.
His investigative journalism has been honored numerous times by both the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. In 2020 he won the Jesse H. Neal Award for the best range of work by a single author.
Kevin's career in financial journalism grew out of two jobs he had in Washington, D.C., during and immediately after the global financial crisis. In 2009, as a fellow in the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship Program, he worked for a Senate subcommittee that was investigating the causes of the crisis. He later worked on the staff of the Congressional Oversight Panel, which was charged with overseeing the use of bailout funds.
Cash flow—not revenue—is the defining constraint for small businesses. Yet today’s system forces SMBs to wait weeks or months to access money they’ve already earned, while relying on slow, episodic lending to fill the gap. This begs the question: Is this a lending problem or an infrastructure problem?
The panelists examine why cash flow remains broken—and what it would take to fundamentally shift from delayed access to continuous liquidity. The discussion will also include: