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.
Cathay General Bancorp in Los Angeles has added a former KPMG consultant to its board.
SunTrust Banks Inc. in Atlanta is freezing its pension plan at the end of the year in an effort to reduce its overall employee benefits costs.
Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. in Norfolk, Va., has named a special assets executive, Denny P. Cobb, chief credit officer for one of its banking units.
Shareholders of Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. in Lititz, Pa., and Tower Bancorp Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa., have approved the companies' proposed merger.
Citigroup Inc. renewed a multiyear deal to continue issuing private-label credit cards for Sunoco Inc. customers, the companies said Thursday.
The Federal Reserve has banned a former executive of Security Bank in Tulsa, Okla., from the banking industry.
The touch-screen coffee-table computer used by RBC, Umpqua Bank and other banks in their branches now has more sophisticated sensors.
Home BancShares Inc. in Conway, Ark., has agreed to buy 17 branches in a purchase-and-assumption agreement with Park National Corp. in Newark, Ohio.
NBT Bancorp Inc. in Norwich, N.Y., said late Wednesday that it will acquire Hampshire First Bank in Manchester, N.H.
PerkStreet Financial said Wednesday that it had named PayPal Inc. president Scott Thompson to its board.
Bank of the West in San Francisco is entering the Chicago area by opening a commercial banking office.
The Atlanta bank will let First Marblehead market and process all new student loans by next fall.
Charles Schwab Corp. has finalized its purchase of Compliance11 Inc., a Chicago firm that helps securities and investment firms manage their compliance with regulations.
TD Bank says it will add 1,600 jobs in South Carolina in the next three to five years as it builds a regional hub there.
Cheviot Financial in Cheviot, Ohio, said Tuesday that it had received regulatory approval for a stock offering tied to its mutual holding company's proposed mutual-to-stock conversion.
The Citizens Bank in Batesville, Ark., will use Jack Henry & Associates Inc.'s SilverLake core processing system to provide enterprise-wide automation.
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania Inc. in Narberth said Tuesday that regulators had terminated its July 2009 consent order.
Mercantile Bancorp Inc. in Quincy, Ill., notified the NYSE Amex that it intends to voluntarily delist its common stock.
Hanmi Financial said it is planning to sell 87.5 million common stock shares at 80 cents a share, using a "substantial portion" of the funds to provide capital to its banking unit and to support growth.
United Community Financial Corp. in Youngstown, Ohio, narrowed its third-quarter loss by 10% from a year earlier, to $8.9 million, due to improved asset quality.
