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Dawn Morris, formerly of Webster Financial, will also oversee marketing and customer experience.

A horrific tragedy unfolded at Fifth Third's main building in downtown Cincinnati, when a man opened fire on bystanders in and around the lobby-level branch. Three were killed, and the gunman died in a shootout with police.

The head of commercial banking at Citizens Financial urged bankers and other financial professionals to step out of their traditional roles and guide clients through corporate governance, data and other challenges that they themselves have dealt with.

The Minnesota bank said longtime executive John Elmore will retire in the spring and that it will combine two key departments as a result. It also plans to hire a chief digital officer.

Scott Powell, the CEO of Santander Holdings USA, has spent years contending with a host of regulatory problems. He outlined a long-range vision that includes a branch-focused retail push and possible acquisitions.

Finance students at Marquette University will make loans to small businesses in Milwaukee from a revolving fund seeded by Town Bank and held on the books of a local CDFI.

Santander Bank said Wednesday that the OCC had terminated a 2015 consent order related to an identity protection product. It is one of several regulatory headaches the bank and its parent company have resolved lately.

BNY Mellon, JPMorgan and Bank of America are recruiting interns from Year Up, many of whom lack college degrees but are trained in high-demand fields such as cybersecurity and anti-money-laundering.

Upgrade, a marketplace lender founded by Laplanche just a few months after he was ousted from LendingClub, has secured more than $100 million in equity capital and says it is poised to offer more consumer credit products.

Bank of America and several other large U.S. financial services companies, as part an effort organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Western Union, have published resources to help smaller banks spot signs of forced labor and kidnapping.