Joseph Kellard

New ranking from Shastic explores how well credit unions are leveraging evolving digital channels, such as mobile banking and social media, which are generally considered to be "must haves" to capture the millennial market.

Enterprise Financial Services Corp. in Clayton, Mo., has named a prominent St. Louis private investor and entrepreneur as its next independent chairman.

One of the last surviving black-owned banks in Chicago was rescued from its loan-related woes by a Ghanaian-American family.

National Capital Bank of Washington has a named Richard Anderson its new president and chief executive.

Midland Financial in Oklahoma City has hired a former Wells Fargo executive to run its finance unit.

May is Older Americans Month and the National Credit Union Administration is reminding seniors about the agency's online resources to help them manage money and protect themselves against fraud.

Signature Bank in New York has added former New York state banking supervisor Derrick Cephas to its board.

Rick Metsger, who was recently elevated from vice chairman to chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, has promoted his senior policy advisor, Michael Radway, to chief of staff.

CO-OP Financial Services is launching CO-OP Purpose, a new corporate social responsibility program for credit unions that provides community-oriented initiatives.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has a new chief executive.

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.