Jackie Stewart

A Wells Fargo & Co. executive has defected to help steer a wealth management unit of U.S. Bancorp aimed at rich clients.

Bank of America has announced several personnel change as part of an organizational shake-up of its global risk management team.

Steven Goldman, a former banking commissioner of New Jersey, has been appointed to the board of North Jersey Community Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Luke Longhofer, a loan review officer at First Financial Bankshares Inc. of Abilene, Texas, recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said late Wednesday that Robert P. Kelly had resigned as chairman and chief executive due to differences with the board "in approach to managing the company."

Northrim BanCorp said Tuesday that the president of Northrim Bank has also become chief executive of the Anchorage, Alaska bank.

Payment processor is harnessing technology from Trusteer to help prevent Trojans and other forms of online fraud.

Fifty community banks across the country received $767 million in the latest round of funding from the Small Business Lending Fund, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.

Sun Bancorp Inc. in Vineland, N.J., announced Tuesday that it has filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to raise up to $150 million that it could use to fund future growth.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has ordered CB Holding Corp. in Aledo, Ill., to serve as a source of strength for its struggling bank unit, Country Bank.

Comerica is eliminating roughly 300 jobs in Houston in connection with its July acquisition of Sterling Bancshares.

Bank of Commerce Holdings in Redding, Calif., has beefed up its payroll processing capabilities by acquiring a small payroll firm in its hometown.

The bank said in a press release that it would use the proceeds to further strengthen its capital position, support growth strategies and for general corporate purposes.