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Blythe Masters talks up the blockchain in a magazine cover story, noted photographer Annie Leibovitz has been hired to shoot portraits of women and entrepreneurs as part of a bank marketing campaign; it’ll only be a mere 28 years for women to achieve boardroom parity; and we want to hear about outstanding millennials in banking please.

Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa, Calif., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

Comerica has named Peter Sefzik market president for Texas, effective immediately. Sefzik succeeded Patrick Faubion, who was promoted to executive vice president of Comerica's Business Bank in July.

Iberiabank in Lafayette, La., has named Rick Pullum its Orlando, Fla., market president.

Wells Fargo has named John C. Adams head of commercial banking, replacing Perry Pelos, who was promoted in July. Adams was head of commercial banking for Wells' western region, including northern California, Oregon, Washington and western Canada.

Four Oaks Fincorp in Four Oaks, N.C., has named an acting chief financial officer after longtime CFO Nancy Wise resigned.

Colony Bankcorp in Fitzgerald, Ga., has redeemed about 17% of its Troubled Asset Relief Program preferred shares for about $4.3 million.

Northwest Bancorp. in Spokane has raised $20 million from a private placement of common stock. Northwest plans to use some of the proceeds to complete its acquisition of Fairfield Financial Holdings, which was announced in late June.

K2 Intelligence, an adviser on compliance and cybersecurity, has hired a former FBI cryptocurrency expert and a former regulator who worked on New York's digital currency regulations.

Western Union has restored its outbound money transfer service from Greece, following its June suspension due to a temporary shutdown of Greek banks amid the escalation of the country’s debt crisis.