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.
William E. Griffin, a founder and former chairman of Hudson Valley Holding (HVB), has died, the company said Friday. Griffin was 79 and had suffered from a long illness.
Colony Financial (CLNY) in Los Angeles seeks to raise as much as $150.9 million through a common stock offering and use the funds to repay a revolving credit facility.
Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ) in Lynchburg, Va., has raised $10 million through a private placement of unregistered debt.
Hancock Holding Company in Gulfport, Miss., has named Deborah Conrad, a veteran international banker, as manager of its new export-finance group.
SunTrust Banks (STI) unveiled several major balance-sheet moves Thursday, including the final disposition of its longtime holdings in Coca-Cola (KO) and a $375 million provision for mortgage-repurchase losses.
City National Bank & Trust in Lawton, Okla., is venturing outside of its home state by opening three branches inside Wal-Mart Supercenters in Kansas.
Renasant in Tupelo, Miss., has filed a shelf registration that would allow it to raise up to $150 million.
Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati is offering a new identity theft protection product that can monitor a customer's credit report.
The Treasury Department will auction its stakes in five more banks — including shares it owns in an Illinois bank that it previously failed to sell — as it continues to wind down the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
BMO Harris Bank in Chicago is opening a corporate banking office in Atlanta as part of its expansion outside the Midwest.
Columbia Bank in Fair Lawn, N.J., will use Trusteer Rapport for Enterprise to protect its employees' computers against malware used for advanced persistent threat attacks.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency promoted Ellen M. Warwick to oversee its law department division, the agency said Wednesday.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has terminated a consent order with Cornerstone Community Bank in Chattanooga, Tenn., after the bank increased its capital levels.
TAB Bank in Ogden, Utah, has snagged three executives from a competitor to pump up its equipment-leasing division.
Cards for Discover Financial Services will be issued in Europe for the first time through an expanded partnership between the credit card company and Russian Standard Bank.
The credit union is using software from CapTech to serve iPhone and Android-toting members.
S&T Bank in Indiana, Pa., has added two lenders as it continues to expand its commercial lending business.
Software automates the submission of IRS forms for foreign institutions that have U.S. resident clients.
Union First Market Bank in Richmond, Va., has added an iPad app to its mobile offerings.
Shares of BNCCorp soared Tuesday after the Bismarck, N.D., company announced that it was terminating a planned stock sale that threatened to dilute investors' holdings.
