News & Insights

Members and our industry colleagues are encouraged to stay up to date on FCS news and recaps of our events on this page. You’ll also find links to audio / video recordings whenever they’re available for all audiences. If you’re interested in sharing proprietary research and relevant insights with our financial marketing and media audience, please contact FCS CEO Kevin Windorf ([email protected]).

Past Events

  • June 16, 2026

    Recap

    Beyond IQ: Why EQ Should Be Your New KPI

    Panelist Jennifer Ball

    Global Chief Marketing Officer

    Panelist Linda Arrington

    Co-Head, GWM US Marketing

    Panelist Tracey Owens

    Co-Founder and President

    Moderator Alexa Besescheck

    Social Content & Editorial Lead

    New York

  • June 4, 2026

    Recap

    Jennie Platt, CMO, TD Bank U.S.

    Guest Speaker Jennie Platt

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Interviewer Casey Hartigan

    Principal Client Partner

    New York

FCS News

  • May 25, 2026

    Fuller and Schmidt to Helm FCS Boston

    The Financial Communications Society is pleased to announce new leadership for FCS Boston, with Casey Fuller named Chapter President and Rebecca Schmidt named Chapter Vice President. Casey is Senior Director, Brand Partnerships — Finance at People Inc., formerly Dotdash Meredith, where she works with financial services partners across the company’s portfolio of media brands. Casey […]

    Boston

  • May 8, 2026

    FCS Portfolio Awards Honor Best in Financial Marketing and Communications for 2025

    Cboe Global Markets scores top prize for “Life is Better With Options” Integrated Marketing Campaign along with Best in Show Consumer Bank of America dominates the competition with 27 trophies including Best in Show Corporate Image Nuveen, Esquire Bank, and UNFCU also nab Best in Show trophies NEW YORK (May 8, 2026) – Last night, […]

    New York

Industry Insights

  • Mar 3, 2026

    ICEBERG AHEAD

    by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications Markets have a way of looking calm right up until they’re not. Today’s headlines are a reminder of that illusion. Geopolitics and military actions breed uncertainty. Tariff-driven trade policy continues to whipsaw. The joyride of crypto has gone off the rails — again. And the AI narrative, […]

    New York

  • Feb 11, 2026

    How Gen Z Redefines Trust and Brand in Financial Services and Fintech

    by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications For years, financial services marketers have treated Gen Z as a single audience: younger, digital-first, values-driven. That framing is convenient. It is also increasingly wrong. What Gen Z is really doing to financial services marketing is more disruptive — and more useful. This generation is fragmenting the […]

    New York

  • Jan 30, 2026

    Creative Excellence in an Age of Readiness

    On behalf of the FCS, my thanks to O’Dwyer’s for the opportunity to share my perspective on the importance of creative excellence during a time where financial marketing and communications is rapidly shifting. In my article, “Creative Excellence in an Age of Readiness,” I write that for years our industry measured excellence by how clearly we […]

    New York