Joseph Kellard

Signature Bank in New York more than tripled its loan-loss reserves for taxi medallion and other loans in the second quarter yet still managed a double-digit increase in profits primarily on loan growth.

Profit improved at both BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp in the second quarter, about two weeks ahead of the closing date for the Los Angeles companies' merger.

Hawaiian Electric Industries has nixed a plan to spin off its American Savings Bank subsidiary after utility regulators rejected Hawaiian Electric’s sale to an out-of-state energy company.

Sam Cook, who served in various roles at Central Trust Bank in Jefferson City, Mo., since the Truman administration, has died.

Valley View Bancshares in Overland Park, Kan., is planning to replace its longstanding practice of having multiple bank charters.

The Deep Target announced several new contracts with credit unions across the nation.

CU Companies in New Brighton, Minn., added four retail lending partners and one correspondent lending partner to its mortgage department in June.

Jack Kuntz, president and chief executive at American Savings Bank in Portsmouth, Ohio, recently put his personal cell phone number on a billboard off Interstate 71 in Cincinnati as part of an advertising campaign for his $260 million-asset institution.

The $31 billion-asset company said in a press release that Marty Grunst will also join its executive leadership team on Aug. 1.

The $25 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that BankUnited Small Business Finance is now making loans in Ohio, Washington and Wisconsin.

A couple of years ago, the activist investor Joseph Stilwell said Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., deserved more time to try to right itself. Apparently he thinks that time is up.

Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., has plucked its next chief financial officer from in-state rival SunTrust Banks.

Helena Community Credit Union in Helena, Mont., converted its core processing system to Symitar's Episys.

Nebraska Credit Union League in Omaha has partnered with First Data's Star Network.

First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu will be spun off rather than sold.

The $7.9 billion-asset holding company for Citizens Business Bank said David Farnsworth will start as credit chief of both entities on July 18. He will succeed James Dowd, who retired on July 1.

The $5.2 billion-asset mutual said in a press release Thursday that Leonard Stekol had become its president. Stekol was also elected a trustee; he will remain chief operating officer.

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- AltaOne Federal Credit Union announced that it has selected Symitar’s Episys to replace its aging core system.

HCSB Financial in Loris, S.C., has recruited its third executive since completing a key recapitalization.

B&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., said that Brant Standridge will succeed Steven Wiggs as its lending group manager on Aug. 1.