Longtime American Banker editor resigns

Barbara A. Rehm, the former editor-in-chief turned columnist for American Banker, is leaving the paper to join Promontory Financial Group.

Rob Blackwell of American Banker writes, “Rehm has played a critical role at the paper for more than two decades, covering the savings and loan crisis as a reporter before rising to Washington bureau chief and eventually leading American Banker during its coverage of the financial crisis.

“‘No one covering commercial banking has been better than Barb Rehm at cutting through the clamor and isolating essential truths,’ said David Longobardi, the chief content officer for SourceMedia and a former editor-in-chief of American Banker. ‘In the noisy world of bank regulation, her voice — like her laugh — stood out.’

“Rehm joins a long list of former regulators and top policymakers who have joined Promontory in recent years. In her new role, she will serve as a strategic advisor to Eugene Ludwig, Promontory’s founder and chief executive and a former comptroller of the currency.

“Rehm first joined the paper in 1987, covering the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as a reporter, where she earned praise for her work covering the savings and loan scandal. Later, as bureau chief and a senior editor, she helped earn American Banker a Jesse H. Neal Award for Business Journalism for the paper’s coverage of deposit insurance reform.”

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