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Risk managers are generally not seen as innovators, but Houston's team is playing a critical role in supporting the development of groundbreaking new products aimed at improving customers’ financial health.

Paris Chevalier, who will lead the California credit union, comes from University & State Employees Credit Union in San Diego.

The best performers in our annual ranking of banks with $10 billion to $50 billion of assets benefited from a big lending push. But like their peers, the top 10 as a group saw their profitability slip last year compared with 2019.

The Pittsburgh company offset relatively flat revenue and lending in the second quarter with strong service charges, wealth management fees and a $1.1 million reserve release.

Mortgages and wealth management generated fees that gave top midtiers an edge, as the pandemic halted most lending outside of the Paycheck Protection Program.

First Women's Bank received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. this week and is set to open its doors in the fall. It is the first new bank to be chartered in Illinois since 2010.

Financial Plus Credit Union and Wanigas Credit Union both serve autoworkers in the same region, and were both founded in 1952.

Stopera retired in 2019 after 39 years at Capital Communications Federal Credit Union in Albany, New York. In 2003, the credit union founded the CAP COM Cares Foundation, which donated about $4 million and over 30,000 volunteer hours to families in the region.

In the midst of its merger with CIT Group, First Citizens in North Carolina has hired an in-house chief counsel with experience in corporate integrations.

Parker will take over for Tim Collia, who steps down after 19 years at the helm of the New Hampshire organization.