Joseph Kellard

National Credit Union Administration will host a free webinar next month that examines how credit unions can achieve sustained growth using multi-strategic initiatives.

A proxy advisory firm has sided with Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., in its battle with an activist investor.

Cattaraugus County Bank in Little Valley, N.Y., has named Salvatore Marranca chairman less than two years after he retired as its chief executive.

HomeStreet in Seattle has raised $65 million from issuing senior debt. The $4.8 billion-asset company said in a press release Friday that the proceeds from the offering with support growth and other general corporate purposes.

National Commerce in Birmingham, Ala., has issued $25 million in subordinated debt.

Severn Bancorp in Annapolis, Md., has partially redeemed outstanding shares tied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

California Bank of Commerce in Lafayette has raised $9 million to help it exit the Small Business Lending Fund.

A former head of the U.S. unit of Dutch-owned insurance company Aegon has been named chairman of a community bank in Illinois.

Royal Bank of Canada has plucked away executives from Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse to be the co-heads of its consumer investment banking business, according to a news report.

The $420 million-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Keith Costello, who formed Broward Bank of Commerce in Fort Lauderdale in 2009, will succeed Ken LaRoe as chief executive of First Green Bank.