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.
Zions has selected Fiserv to support multi-channel digital payments for retail and business customers.
RedRidge Finance Group said Wednesday that its RFG Fund I LLC acquired a majority interest in Excel Finance Holding Co., a consumer and auto loan provider.
Shareholders for Herald National Bank of New York have until Dec. 21 to decide how they want to get paid in the proposed merger with BankUnited Inc. of Miami Lakes, Fla.
Plans to reduce paper use 20% by 2015.
Bucking an industry trend, Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore., is ramping up its commercial real estate lending to fill what it sees as a void in its markets.
FNB United Corp. in Asheboro, N.C., has met the requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq after completing a one-for-100 reverse common stock split.
Hometown Bancorp in Kent, Ohio, has changed the name of its banking unit to Hometown Bank from Home Savings Bank.
Mobile and online payments startup Zipmark has secured $2 million in funding from a group of venture capital firms and others, the company said on Tuesday.
Bank of America Corp. said Monday that it will hire more than 160 wealth management advisers in Southern California and Arizona by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. in San Antonio announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire the human resource consulting firm, Stone Partners Inc.
Piedmont Community Bank Holdings Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., wants to up its ownership stake in Crescent Financial Corp. of Cary, N.C., and is giving Crescent shareholders more time to mull its offer.
Fiserv said Monday that more than a dozen financial institutions signed up for its mobile source capture product.
Peoples Bank of Alabama in Cullman, Ala., is launching 30 of NCR's SelfServ automated teller machines that allow customers to deposit checks and cash at the same time through a single slot.
The stocks of 10 community banks will be added to the Nasdaq ABA Community Bank Index next week while the stocks of four others will be removed.
While American banks including Citigroup Inc. are ramping up layoffs, an Accenture report finds that demand for bankers is outpacing supply in the Middle East.
Bank of Virginia in Midlothian, Va., has named a new senior vice president of operations as it launches a $40 million commercial lending effort.
First Security Group Inc. in Chattanooga, Tenn., has named a former executive of the failed Integra Bank Corp. as chief executive of its banking unit, FSGBank N.A.
Center Bancorp Inc. in Union, N.J., said Thursday that it repurchased warrants it issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Federal Reserve Board said Thursday that it had approved Brookline Bancorp Inc.'s acquisition of Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. in Providence, R.I.
The payments industry's lobbying group is touting its findings that some merchant opponents have not lowered prices since the debit card swipe fee caps went into effect.
