Career moves

Apple Bank for Savings in Manhasset, N.Y., said Thursday that Chief Operating Officer Steven Bush is taking over as chairman, president and CEO from Alan Shamoon, who is retiring.

First Data paid Chief Executive Frank Bisignano $51.6 million in 2015, almost twice what his former boss, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, received last year.

Two credit unions are beefing up their mortgage departments and more CU professionals in the news.

WASHINGTON – The American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) on Wednesday said it has hired credit union veteran Brad Miller as its new executive director.

Former Oklahoma governor and American Bankers Association chief Frank Keating has been named a director of BancFirst in Oklahoma City.

A former staff attorney with New York's city government has been named the top lawyer for the New York State Department of Financial Services.

ESSA Bancorp in Stroudsburg, Pa., has a new chairman and two new independent directors.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has hired Jeffrey Zaks, a CIT Group banker, to lead its new media and entertainment lending group.

TACOMA, Wash. — Thirty-five years is enough for Richard Brandsma, who will retire from his position as CEO of $ 1.3 billion Sound Credit Union this week.

Robertson Banking Co. in Demopolis, Ala., has given its president, Gary Holemon, the additional title of chief executive.