Career moves

JPMorgan Chase has recruited an IBM executive to oversee its adoption of cloud services.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has started a public finance division and hired an executive from Umpqua Bank in Oregon to run it.

Union Bankshares in Richmond, Va., said Wednesday that John Asbury, formerly of First National Bank of Santa Fe in New Mexico, will be its next CEO.

Book drives, bike rides and scholarships are just a few of the most recent ways credit unions have been helping the communities they serve.

The $13.1 billion-asset parent company of PlainsCapital Bank named William Furr CFO, effective Sept. 1.

Howard Bank in Ellicott City, Md., has recruited a trio of BB&T executives to grow its commercial business.

As it charts a long-term digital payment strategy, TSYS has hired Karim Ahmad, a management consultant with a background in financial technology, to be as head of global product and innovation.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., disclosed the identities of directors nominated to its board by two investor groups.

The chairman of First National Bank of Santa Fe has accepted additional duties ahead of the bank's upcoming merger.

CUES welcomes Canadian CEO to its board, Florida CEO earns recognition and more CU professionals in the news.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has appointed eight new credit union representatives to its Credit Union Advisory Council.

The longtime chairman and chief executive of Cathay General Bancorp will relinquish his CEO title this fall and the company's bank president is set to succeed him.

Kinderhook Bank Corp. in New York said Wednesday that Scott Shallo, a member of the board since 2006, succeeded Brian Kelly as chairman.

Chad Ballard, who most recently served as BBVA Compass' director of mobility and new digital business technologies, has joined PNC Financial Services Group.

Heather Cox is moving to USAA; female regulators are gaining prominence in the online lending conversation; and asset managers are still fighting sexism at work (but then again, who isn’t?).

CUs step up to the plate for kids, schools and more in the latest round of credit union community news.

Needham Bank in Massachusetts is searching for a new chief executive just 14 months after its current leader took over.

SunWest Credit Union, a $117-million institution based in Pueblo, Colo., announced that Janice Mehle has been appointed its new president and CEO.

The $1.1 billion-asset bank said in a press release Monday that it appointed Ron Coben to become its interim chief executive, succeeding Jeffrey Wilkinson, who resigned "to pursue his next entrepreneurial challenge.

Gavin Michael, head of digital banking for JPMorgan Chase's retail unit, is moving to Citigroup.