John Reosti

A little more than two years after Community National Bank in Great Neck, N.Y., agreed to sell itself, Stuart H. Lubow, its former chairman and CEO, has jumped back into banking.

A little more than two years after Community National Bank in Great Neck, N.Y., agreed to sell itself, Stuart H. Lubow, its former chairman and CEO, has jumped back into banking.

Washington Federal Chairman and Chief Executive Roy M. Whitehead will hand off his CEO duties to Brent Beardall this spring.

Shivan Govindan, chairman of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, has taken on the task of salvaging a bank that is reeling from accounting issues and a substantial capital requirement from regulators.

Green Bancorp's aggressive plan to attack its credit quality troubles and do what few Texas banks once would have dreamed of – quit energy lending – make it a subject of debate and a community bank to watch closely in 2017.

John Kanas, who will step down Jan. 1 as chief executive officer at Miami Lakes, Fla.-based BankUnited, reportedly discussed a possible role in the incoming Trump administration with members of the president-elect's transition team.

Ameris Bancorp in Georgia wanted to buy a premium-finance business but settled for a joint venture, blessed by its regulators, after being flagged for insufficient Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

A federal judge heard arguments from ICBA and NCUA on whether to dismiss the banking group's legal challenge to the credit union regulator's changes to the member business lending rule. A decision on the dismissal could come as early as January.

A federal judge heard arguments from ICBA and NCUA on whether to dismiss the banking group's legal challenge to the credit union regulator's changes to the member business lending rule. A decision on the dismissal could come as early as January.

PCSB Bank in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., is planning to convert to stock ownership, ending 145 years as a depositor-owned mutual.