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.
Consumer delinquencies continued to climb in the second quarter with nine of 11 loan categories showing increases, according to a study released Wednesday by the American Bankers Association.
Sterne Agee Group Inc. in Birmingham, Ala., said Wednesday that it will buy Anderson & Strudwick Inc. in Richmond, Va.
Bryan McDonald will become president and chief executive of Whidbey Island Bank in Coupeville, Wash., on Jan. 1.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, and Security California Bancorp of Riverside, Calif., will add offices in the coming months.
Visa Inc. has hired Gavin Krugel to work on its global mobile team, in an effort to reach unbanked consumers in developing economies.
Select Bank & Trust Co. in Greenville, N.C., said Tuesday it will acquire Gibsonville Community Bank from Bank of Atlanta.
Texas Exchange Bank in Crowley, Texas, said Tuesday that it had expanded into two cities to meet an increasing demand for commercial loans.
Opus Bank said Tuesday that it had moved its headquarters 40 miles southwest to Irvine, Calif., from Redondo Beach.
State Street Corp. said Tuesday that it had acquired Complementa Investment-Controlling AG, an analytics firm based in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
First Financial Holdings Inc. in Charleston, S.C., said Monday that it has completed its sale of its managing general insurance agency subsidiary to Burns & Wilcox Ltd. of Farmington Hills, Mich.
The Department of Financial Services officially launched Monday and will focus on modernizing regulations and consumer protections.
After more than a year without a permanent leader, DCB Financial Corp in Lewis Center, Ohio, has named a former Huntington Bancshares Inc. executive, Ronald J. Seiffert, president and chief executive.
Baltimore County Savings Bank in Baltimore said Friday that it had converted from a federally chartered stock savings bank to a Maryland-chartered commercial bank.
Hypercom USA announced Friday that it has changed its corporate name to Equinox Payments LLC.
Fifth Third officials and debt-busting radio personality Dave Ramsey talk about how they scoped each other out before working together to teach kids how to dodge financial trouble.
Codorus Valley Bancorp in York, Pa., repurchased a warrant to buy more than 260,000 it issued to the Treasury Department in 2009 as part of its participation in the Trouble Asset Relief Program.
Wells Fargo & Co. said Friday that it has struck a deal to provide trade-finance services to Indian Bank in Chennai, India.
Capital One Financial Corp. in McLean, Va., said Thursday that it has hired Dean C. Graham, the former president at commercial lender CapitalSource Inc., to lead the newly created commercial and specialty-finance business.
Summit Financial Group Inc. in Moorefield, W. Va., said Thursday that it would extend the subscription period for its current stock offering, marking the second time it has pushed back the deadline.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired former Sears Financial Services executive Susan Ehrlich as its senior vice president of next generation payments.
