Jacob Passy

The Dallas company recorded a higher provision as nearly $330 million in energy credits were classified as "criticized" during the second quarter. The size of Comerica's energy portfolio also shrank by 8% during the quarter.

CoBiz Financial in Denver has added the owner, chairman and chief executive of the Colorado Rockies baseball franchise to its board.

The $625 million-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Greg Remus will become its CEO on Oct. 1. He will succeed Ray Lipman, who will remain chairman.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., reported second-quarter profit of $50.5 million, a 12% jump from a year ago, as mortgage banking revenue improved.

Comerica in Dallas has hired a leader for its commercial lending division after its vice chairman, who had led that segment, resigned.

Walker rejects sections of state budget that would expand payday lenders' authority.

Signature Bank in New York has partnered with Financial Software Solutions to expand the products and services that it offers bankruptcy trustees.

Gov. Scott Walker sided with banking and other financial groups that opposed legislation letting payday lending companies offer insurance, annuities and other financial products.

Larry Otto has jumped ship from the second-largest bank in St. Louis to the largest.

Signature Bank in New York has formed a subsidiary to specialize in municipal finance and hired three executives for the division.

Capital One Financial has purchased another digital design studio as it works to deepen its reach in Silicon Valley.

Verifone has brought on two new executives to head up its Asia Pacific and China regions on the heels of its disappointing results in those markets.

S&T Bancorp in Indiana, Pa., has promoted Jim Mill to chief information officer. In the newly created position, Mill will oversee the $6 billion-asset company's technology infrastructure and maintain its progress in offering new products.

Digital money transfer provider Xoom has introduced an instant mobile reload service that allows consumers to send airtime credit online from the U.S. to prepaid mobile phones abroad.

JPMorgan Chase is looking to lower its overhead by shifting more than 2,100 jobs from New York City to New Jersey.

In a report on the need for financial regulators to improve their data security efforts, the U.S. Government Accountability Office called for NCUA to have the authority to examine credit unions' third-party technology providers.

Bank regulators should improve their collection of data on information security incidents at financial institutions and facilitate better information-gathering about industrywide cyber threats, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said Thursday.

Cadence Bank in Birmingham, Ala., has closed three branches in Alabama and plans to close five more in Mississippi and Texas, the Birmingham News reported.

PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh has named former Walgreens Chief Executive Gregory Wasson to its board.

Diane Bailey Morton was named the $1.6 billion-asset C1's chief human capital officer and general counsel, while Dustin Symes will head up retail lending operations.