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.
Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK) in Dunkirk, N.Y., has purchased a former First Niagara Bank branch in Snyder, N.Y.
Umpqua Bank continues to expand its real estate business in the Pacific Northwest with the addition of a new homebuilder finance group.
The president and chief executive of Talbot Bank of Easton, Md., will step down at yearend and an insider will take over.
The owner of a now defunct Missouri auto body shop has pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud charges.
Northeast Bancorp in Lewiston, Maine, has repurchased the roughly 4,200 preferred shares it issued to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said Margaret E. "Lyn" McDermid has been named the chief information officer for the Federal Reserve System.
International Bancshares (IBOC) in Laredo, Texas, has completed the repurchase of its remaining 131,000 shares of preferred stock issued under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Teche Holding Co. (TSH) in New Iberia, La., has agreed to sell a loan portfolio with a book value of $46.3 million.
Wells Fargo's (WFC) mobile check deposit is now available to customers nationwide.
The bank currently uses the product to let corporate customers in France digitally sign payments.
First Niagara in Buffalo, N.Y., has named Inder Koul, a former Huntington Bancshares executive, as its chief information officer.
Coronado First Bank (NADO) in California has agreed to buy San Diego Private Bank for roughly $15.5 million in stock.
The president and chief executive of Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) in Maine will retire in June. Joseph M. Murphy has held those positions at the company and its Bar Harbor Bank & Trust unit since 2002.
Southside Bancshares (SBSI) in Tyler, Texas, will open two branches in Austin, Texas, next year.
M&T Bank is offering customers custom check card designs for a $7.95 fee.
M&T Bank is letting customers put a photo of their own (or one from the bank's gallery) on their check card, for $7.95.
Neil W. Brown, the chief risk officer at TCF Financial, has resigned from the Wayzata, Minn., company.
Banner Corp. (BANR) in Walla Walla, Wash., will buy back preferred shares from investors who purchased them from the Treasury Department in March.
Nancy Sheppard, who plans to retire next year as CEO of the Western Independent Bankers, wisely pushed the group out of lobbying and into executive training, bankers say.
First State Community Bank in Farmington, Mo., which has done several M&A deals in recent years, benefits again as B of A and smaller banks look to streamline their operations.
