Career moves

Silicon Valley Bank named Erin Platts head of its private banking and wealth management arm, which caters to the financial needs of technology and venture capital executives.

Michael Corbat, the former chief executive of Citigroup, is joining Josh Harris's new investment firm 26North Partners as a senior advisor.

Mal Cullen will take over as chief executive later this week, succeeding Steven Wolff, who is retiring. CIBC Mellon is a joint venture of Bank of New York Mellon and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Thomas Montag, once the second-most powerful executive at Bank of America, is returning to Wall Street with the launch of a carbon-credit venture backed by TPG Inc.

Don Kimble served for nine years as the Cleveland bank's CFO. Chief Strategy Officer Clark H.I. Khayat is set to replace him.

Despite the massive losses and growing criticism that the industry is rife with fraudsters and Ponzi schemes, a dozen industry employees interviewed by Bloomberg News said that while they're rattled by the crisis, they remain committed to crypto and its potential.

Since the start of the month, the San Francisco-based bank has announced the addition of three wealth management teams — one each from Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.

A new debit card for military veterans, Google expands a billing test and more in banking news this week.

Jeff von Gillern, who heads tech and ops at U.S. Bank, will retire in a year. Global CIO Dilip Venkatachari will join the executive committee and Souheil Badran has been hired to run operations.

Wells Fargo, as part of its effort to build a higher profile on Wall Street, has recruited Brian Gudofsky to run technology, media and telecommunications investment banking.