Career moves

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Several banks are seeing significant changes in leadership as the year comes to a close.

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It's the latest expansion step in commercial services there by the Atlanta bank, which has no retail branches in Texas.

Michael Daly had been the Boston company's president and CEO since 2002. It did not say why he left.

The Senate's approval of the Kansas banking commissioner leaves the board with two remaining seats to fill as the administration's nominees for the vacancies await votes.

Brenda Kerr will be responsible for creating a strategy for the bank's retail operations.

The industry saw some well-known executives step down from their roles or take on new ones during the past month.

Paul Aguggia, a lawyer before leading Clifton Bancorp, has become a partner at Holland & Knight in New York.