Jacob Passy

In an effort to get a head start on the feeding frenzy, Malvern Federal Savings Bank in Paoli, Pa., will hold job fairs to gobble up employees laid off by BB&T in Pennsylvania.

Mobile and e-commerce payments provider Loviit has expanded to the United Kingdom, where it hopes to reach merchants with global ambitions.

Catskill Hudson Bank in Kingston, N.Y., has hired Orville Aarons as its president. Aarons, a former director at Naugatuck Valley Financial, had been working as a consultant to Catskill Hudson since April.

CommonBond has expanded its student loan refinancing program to more than 2,000 universities at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Payment services provider YapStone has hired former eBay executive Bryan Murphy as its president.

Fidelity Bank, a mutual in Fitchburg, Mass., that's merging with another mutual, has named Christopher McCarthy chief operating officer.

Boston-based Eastern Bank will participate in a pilot of a new partner program from multi-account card provider Stratos.

Amazon has accepted NXT-ID's Wocket smart wallet to retail on its Launchpad program.

Merchants Bank of Bangor in Pennsylvania has tapped its chief operating officer, Tracey Smith, to become chief executive next year.

Promontory Financial Group has hired former Citigroup and Bank of America executive Eugene McQuade.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has named Anthony Migliorino to the newly created job of chief operating officer.

The $3.4 billion-asset company plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, possible acquisitions and capital investments in Bridgehampton National Bank.

Peoples Community Bank in Greenville, Mo., has agreed to buy Cabool State Bank, also in Missouri.

Monaco, previously senior economist at the regulator, succeeds Worth, who left last month.

PSB Holdings in Putnam, Conn., plans to convert from mutual ownership to a stock-owned bank.

Associated Banc-Corp in Green Bay, Wis., has promoted a longtime executive to Milwaukee market president.

IF Bancorp in Watseka, Ill., has named Linda Hamilton chief operating officer.

State Bank Financial in Atlanta has reduced its workforce by consolidating several company departments, as it pivots away from failed-bank loss-share agreements and looks to acquire healthy banks.

Glen Burnie Bancorp in Maryland is looking for its next chief executive.

Old Point Financial in Hampton, Va., has selected its chairman's son as chief executive of Old Point National Bank of Phoebus.