Jacob Passy

Wireless transactions provider Apriva and payment technology services company Global Payments have teamed up to release a white-label EMV mobile payment offering.

Algonquin State Bank in Illinois has promoted several employees in a revamping of executive management.

Phoenixville Federal Bank & and Trust in Pennsylvania has converted to a state charter.

ASB Bancorp in Asheville, N.C., has received its second demand in less than a month to put itself on the auction block.

Visa's online payment service, Visa Checkout, has added 33 more merchants and won the support of new issuers in China and the United Arab Emirates.

United Bancshares in Columbus Grove, Ohio, has resolved a looming hole in its lineup — chief financial officer. Anthony Eramo will start Sept. 5 as CFO of the $629 million-asset company and its subsidiary, Union Bank Co.

New York Community Bancorp in Westbury has named Leslie Dunn, a Federal Home Loan Bank director, to its board.

Point of sale software developer Amber Systems Technologies has integrated EMV-chip card processing into its Vigore POS restaurant management system.

Global payments company Emergent Payments has added numerous executives to its senior leadership.

First Business Financial Services in Madison, Wis., has named Michael Murphy its chief accounting officer.

MW Bancorp in Cincinnati is looking for a new chief financial officer.

Discover Financial Services and Brazilian credit card brand Elo have formed an agreement to enable acceptance of Elo cards for purchases and cash access beyond Brazil.

Market Street Bancshares in Mount Vernon, Ill., has completed a $15 million debt offering.

Esquire Bank, a Garden City, N.Y., bank that specializes in financial services for law firms, has raised $19.1 million in a private placement of common stock.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has named National Guard officer Katherine White to its board.

F.N.B. in Pittsburgh has shuffled its management ranks, after John Williams announced his retirement as bank president.

Home BancShares in Conway, Ark., has promoted John "Stephen" Tipton to chief operating officer, after the position had been vacant for about five years.

Simmons First National in Pine Bluff, Ark., has promoted several executives, as David Bartlett announced his plans to retire as president and chief banking officer.

The rise of mobile payments has had only a narrow impact on the use of cash, according to a new report from the ATM Industry Association and business strategy consulting firm Tremont Capital Group.

First National Bank of Pana in Illinois has agreed to buy The State Bank of Blue Mound in Illinois.