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.
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.
First Tennessee Bank is offering customers the ability to make deposits by taking pictures of their checks with their iPhones.
Fiserv announced BancAnalyst Risk, a new online tool to help financial institutions evaluate risk.
WSFS Financial Corp. in Wilmington, Del., said Thursday that it has created a loan program in which it will offer discounted rates to small businesses that use the funds to create jobs.
Jefferson Bancshares Inc. of Morristown, Tenn., restated its last quarter as a loss after its take on bad investments and loans worsened.
Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., has agreed to sell about $108 million of loans, generating $58 million in proceeds in an effort to remain well capitalized.
The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it had approved the applications of banks in Italy and Japan to establish representative offices in New York.
The acquisition of ISU Stetson-Beemer was Wells' fifth deal for an insurance firm since last fall.
BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said Tuesday that it was planning a 1-for-5 reverse split of its class A and B common stock.
Citizens First National Bank in Princeton, Ill., has been ordered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to beef up its capital levels and clean up its loan portfolio.
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