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.
Wintrust Financial Corp. won the bidding for the failed First Chicago Bank & Trust but it is still fighting for the right to use the First Chicago name.
Offering Fiserv's software to read and enter check data so credit union tellers don't have to.
In the midst of massive bank layoffs, one bank is looking to hire, with help from an iPhone app.
TD Retail Card Services will issue and administer a new private-label credit card for Elkhart, Ind.-based Forest River Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicles and cargo trailers.
In contrast to a recent move by Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Northern Trust Corp. will not charge its institutional clients a fee for increasing their balances on deposit accounts.
Letting commercial customers bank and approve wire transfers on the go.
Michael Viazzoli, a former Bank of America Corp. executive, has been named president of Bank of Kansas City.
The online payment provider eLayaway said on Monday that it would join the Secure Vault Payments network and offer the service to its customers in the fourth quarter.
In its second-to-last quarter as an independent company, Parkvale Financial Corp. in Monroeville, Pa., reported a a profit of $1.7 for the quarter that ended June 30, compared to a loss of $21.2 million in the same period last year.
Continuing its aggressive expansion in Southern California, upstart Grandpoint Capital Inc. in Los Angeles is planning to buy Regents Bancshares Inc. in La Jolla.
Safe. Small. Privately Held. Those were the descriptions of the five M&A deals that occurred in the span of a few days. A lot has to change before many prospective buyers and sellers take the plunge.
Bank of North Carolina in Thomasville, N.C., announced Thursday that it is buying Regent Bank in Greenville, S.C., for $9.8 million.
A new survey released Thursday by the American Bankers Association revealed that, for the first time, most Americans 55 years and older prefer to do their banking online rather than at branches or automated teller machines.
To JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Catherine Moore, the secret to a successful juggling act is taking a step back.
Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Thursday that Ivan Szeftel, president of its private label services business, will retire from that position in March.
Leslie Gillin was named as head of Citi Cards sales and marketing, Valerie Greer was named head of partnerships and the young adult unit and Barry Rodrigues was named global head of network strategy and management.
Fast-growing Signature Bank in New York announced Thursday that it has opened a new office in Manhattan and recruited a team of bankers from HSBC USA to join one of its private-client banking offices in Queens.
NACHA survey finds twentysomethings long to be green and reduce clutter.
Capitol Federal Financial Inc. in Topeka, Kan., has decided to wait until its one-year anniversary as a 100% stock-owned company before before pursuing a stock buyback program.
BlueRidge Bank in Frederick, Md., is expanding its operations in the Baltimore metropolitan area by converting its year-old commercial loan office there into a full-service branch.
