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.
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.
Glenn S. Welch will become CEO of the company and its Hampden Bank effective Jan. 1. He is replacing Thomas R. Burton, who is retiring, the $611 million-asset company said Tuesday.
Combined product between Vasco and Trusteer said to deter malware and phishing attempts.
The president and chief operating officer of Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) will leave the Bedminster, N.J., company at the end of the year.
Meetinghouse Bancorp in Dorchester, Mass., raised roughly $6.6 million from its initial public offering.
Coastal Federal Credit Union hopes remote deposit will be a competitive differentiator.
App for Android and Apple devices lets customers redeem mobile coupons at the point of sale.
The Treasury Department will receive $62 million from its latest auction of stakes it owns in banks through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
A dedicated line to Ray Davis' Portland, Ore., office is just another retail touch that helps the bank distinguish itself from competitors.
A unit of Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) in Dubuque, Iowa, has completed its acquisition of First Shares in Platteville, Wis., for $10.9 million.
Citigroup (NYSE: C) plans to cut 300 jobs in its sales and trading unit by yearend, according to a news report.
ME Bank in Melbourne, Australia, will use software from Temenos to support its growth over the next three years.
First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) is expanding its mortgage operations. The Buffalo, N.Y., company is scheduled to open a processing center next month in Syracuse and hire more than two dozen employees to staff it.
The move should improve liquidity for the $1.3 billion-asset Chemung's shares, Ronald M. Bentley, Chemung's president and chief executive, said in a news release Wednesday.
Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) in Connecticut has named a longtime financial manager to become its interim chief financial officer.
Trillium Asset Management and AFSCME Employees Pension Plan complain that Citigroup's stock price is still too low and it needs to explore the sale of additional business units.
