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Northwest Bank starts search for new CFO; Plains State Bank acquires wealth management, tax businesses; Bank of America names new heads for North America industrials banking; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

USAlliance Federal Credit Union names Harry Zhu as its next president and chief executive; HSBC launches business account-opening portal in 20 countries; Swift enters next phase of its central bank digital currency solution and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

Merrimack Valley Credit Union is launching a disaster relief loan, William Daley will retire from Wells Fargo, New York Community Bancorp promotes Signorille-Browne to COO and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

New Peoples Bank announced J.W. Kiser will be its next president and CEO; D.A. Davidson hired Dan Fiandaca to lead its brokered CD underwriting group; Citizens Bank launches Roger, a digital bank for military members; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

First Foundation lines up James Britton as its next CFO, AI wealth-platform TIFIN announces additions to its executive leadership team and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

Dime Community Bancshares tapped insider Stuart Lubow as its next chief executive; BayFirst Financial announced the appointment of Scott McKim as chief financial officer and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

Amazon expands "palm payment" at Whole Foods, Toast reverses 99-cent restaurant-order fee, Plaid expands open-banking reach and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

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Visa wants to expand in-car payments tech; Citizens Financial installs president to oversee growing California market; undergrads win banking competition and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

California Bankers Association taps insider as next CEO, Spotify cuts off subscribers who use Apple's high-cost payments, Relay Payments backs auto-racing team and more in this week's banking news roundup.