Career moves

World Acceptance in Greenville, S.C., one of the largest providers of installment loans, said that its longtime chairman and chief executive will retire in September.

Pacific Commerce Bank in Los Angeles has promoted Gail Jensen-Bigknife to chief credit officer.

Freedom Bank in Overland Park, Kan., has hired Drew Gibson to be its chief financial officer, the Kansas City Business Journal reported Monday.

CAMDEN, Ark.—River Valley Community FCU here has named Mark Hixson as its new president/CEO. Hixson previously served as a VP of First National Bank in Tenaha, Texas

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the appointment of a senior official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to lead the central bank’s efforts to improve the national payments system.

Former Wells Fargo Chief Executive Richard Kovacevich on Friday said that "regulation is killing small banks."

Anthony Weagley is starting to leave his stamp on Malvern Bancorp in Paoli, Pa.

Mercantile Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., has named a new chief executive for its bank unit as it overhauls its leadership in the wake of the retirement of its chairman.

Pacific Premier Bancorp in Irvine, Calif., has named Allen Nicholson chief financial officer.

Cheviot Financial in Cincinnati said that Chairman Robert L. “Bob” Thomas died unexpectedly on Saturday.

The $447 million-asset Inland Northwest said Russell Lee will take over as CEO on June 29.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Illinois CU League president and CEO Sean Hession has stepped down from his position little more than one year after taking the helm.

Exeter Financial has hired Freddie Mac executive Paige H. Wisdom to be its chief financial officer.

Westbound Bank in Katy, Texas, has promoted Troy England, chief lending officer, to president.

Atlantic Coast Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., has named Tracy Keegan its full-time chief financial officer.

Promontory said Wednesday that it acquired FS Advisory from Date, who founded the consulting practice along with Fenway Summer in 2013 after leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as deputy director.

Capital One Financial is planning to beef up its mortgage lending and has hired industry veteran Desmond Smith to oversee the effort.

Former Citigroup executive Deborah McWhinney has joined the board of IHS, a provider of information on markets and industries worldwide.

Benjamin Lawsky will step down next month as New York's top bank regulator after four years, during which he threatened to take away the U.S. charters of some of the world's biggest banks and collected billions of dollars in penalties by being the squeaky wheel in global bank settlements.

Wells Fargo has named Rohan Kalbag head of commercial banking for northern California. Kalbag was the sales manager for commercial banking in California, Oregon, and Washington for Wells.