Joseph Kellard

Small-business optimism has slipped slightly on concerns about growth prospects and the presidential election campaign, according to a Wells Fargo and Gallup survey conducted in early April.

The First of Long Island Corp. in Glen Head, N.Y., plans a secondary offering of about $35 million of common stock.

CO-OP Financial Services and TMG have commissioned Mercator Advisory Services to study blockchain technology in order to help credit unions decide about using this digital ledger system that provides a distributed list of records including transactional data and sequence.

A handful of banking companies wrapped up M&A deals over the weekend.

Christopher Cline, a former Wells Fargo executive, has joined the management of a community bank in Vancouver, Wash., to help it build up its wealth management business.

Higher noninterest income was instrumental in a 3.9% quarter-to-quarter profit increase at Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., in the three months that ended March 31.

A new online training module is designed to educate board directors on best practices in the process of mergers.

Penn Community Bank didn’t have a CFO until it hired Stephanie Austin, who won praise for building a solid finance department at her previous job.

Umpqua Holdings in Oregon has promoted a business-banking executive to president of its bank unit.

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) launched a Regulatory Burden Calculator that is free to member credit unions, the agency said Wednesday.