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.

Gerard Champi is getting a vowel upgrade. He will be promoted to CEO from COO of First National Community Bancorp in Dunmore, Pa., this summer, according to a company news release.

Louise Walker, the head of First Northern Bank in Dixon, Calif., will be wearing an additional hat over the next year — chair of the California Bankers Association.

Farm Credit Employee FCU in St. Paul, Minn., has chosen Sharetec as its new core system, the company announced in a Tuesday press release.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., plans to cut 240 jobs and close 28 branches as part of its integration of National Penn Bancshares.

Harmony Bank in Jackson, N.J., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund. The $ 295 million-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that it paid about $3.5 million to redeem roughly 3,500 shares of preferred stock.

The $125 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Kate Randall Danella will lead a team of private wealth management professionals providing banking, trust and investment management services to affluent and high-net-worth individuals and families.

For the next three years Scott Credit Union will sponsor Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals franchise, winners of 11 World Series.

Two California credit unions, Eagle CU in Lodi and UNIFY Financial CU in Torrance, plan to merge.

JPMorgan Chase and Bloomberg Philanthropies are providing $7.5 million in grants for public education programs that address workforce needs in New Orleans.

CU Companies plans to expand into five additional states.