Jackie Stewart is the executive editor of American Banker Magazine. Previously, she covered breaking news, community banks and mergers and acquisitions for American Banker before being named as the managing editor of the Credit Union Journal. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2006, Jackie taught for two years in the Bronx, N.Y., through Teach for America.
Bob Kottler, an executive at Iberiabank, hopes the Consumer Bankers Association can help shape the agency’s rulemaking process in 2013.
The money a household has to deposit into a bank account would decrease by an average of almost 55% if U.S. tax cuts are allowed to expire, an analysis from Market Rates Insight found.
Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) in Moultrie, Ga., has announced a streamlining plan that includes closing or selling about 20% of its branches.
CapStar Bank in Nashville, Tenn., has hired a former executive at Bank of America as its chief financial officer.
Alliance Bank in Syracuse, N.Y., has warned that almost 100 jobs would be eliminated after its merger with NBT Bank next year.
Chase Paymentech has renewed a long-term exclusive referral and marketing agreement to provide Scotiabank's Canadian business clients with e-commerce and card-present payment processing options.
City National Bank in Los Angeles has hired two Comerica Bank veterans who cater to high-tech and biotech clients.
Anne Doss has been put in charge of the personal and small-business insurance division at Wells Fargo, which has built up its insurance operation through acquisitions.
Billtrust has added a new product to its suite of btConnect accounts receivable automation services.
First PacTrust Bancorp (BANC) in Irvine, Calif., raised $43.1 million from the sale of senior notes.
FirstSouth Bancorp in Lexington, Tenn., has repaid the $50 million it had received from the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
TD Bank will reimburse its employees for the additional federal and state taxes that they pay for benefits for same-sex partners beginning Jan. 1.
The Wilmington, N.C., provider of cloud-based software has received a clean opinion with no exceptions noted during a recent SOC 2 compliance certification.
Browser detects the incoming customer's computing device and automatically routes mobile users to a mobile optimized site.
Two fans will be headed to the Super Bowl in New Orleans thanks to EverBank Financial, whose CEO, Robert Clements, is a Big Easy native who loves football.
Software that manages internal controls is geared toward financial services.
SunTrust Banks in Atlanta is the latest bank to adopt a simplified disclosure notice on its retail checking accounts.
Optimal Payments has entered into a processing agreement with Vantiv allowing Optimal to offer its global merchants an online payments service in the U.S. market.
First Business Financial Services in Madison, Wis., will raise up to $25.3 million through a common stock offering.
TD Bank Group has agreed to buy asset management firm Epoch Holding (EPHC) for $668 million in cash, giving the Canadian company the U.S. asset manager it had been looking for.
