Career moves

During Monday's first-quarter earnings call, Zions executives took a moment to thank — and tease — CFO Doyle Arnold before he retires.

Online and mobile payment giant PayPal announced two major additions to its leadership.

A pair of senior banking analysts has left Sterne Agee to join Piper Jaffray. Mathew Kelley and Matthew Breese will oversee Piper Jaffray's equity research for depository institutions in the Northeast.

Chemical Financial has retooled its organizational structure as part of the Midland, Mich., company's succession planning.

Sanford Weill is set to receive the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence at a May gala.

IF Bancorp in Watseka, Ill., has selected the successor for its retiring president and chief executive.

Boston Private Financial Holdings and its bank have shuffled some key executive posts.

PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles announced Tuesday that Chief Financial Officer Victor Santoro plans to retire from the post this summer and West Coast banking veteran Patrick Rusnak will succeed him in that role.

Sound Financial Bancorp in Seattle has selected a former Fannie Mae executive to join its board.

Citigroup has named Stephen Bird, chief executive of its Asia-Pacific division, to head its global consumer bank as part of a broader shuffling of executives.

Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., has a new chief executive for its Tallahassee State Bank: Matt Brown, who had been a market president at Centennial Bank.

The Western Independent Bankers, a San Francisco industry group, has a new president and chief executive.

Citigroup's head of franchise risk and strategy, Brian Leach, will retire on May 1, according to memos sent to Citi employees Thursday from him and company chief executive Michael Corbat.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in a major break with tradition, has tapped a former UBS Group executive as its first non-Japanese president and chief executive for its American division.

Community First Bank in Seneca, S.C., has overhauled its executive management team, including naming new chief executive, financial and credit officers.

Regions Bank in Birmingham, Ala., has hired a former SunTrust Banks executive to join its wealth management group.

Novantas, a New York-based bank advisory firm, has hired the former head of analytics for Bank of America.

Grayson Hall, chief executive at Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., will serve as the private sector chairman for the Southeast U.S.-Japan Association's joint forum.

DNB Financial in Downington, Pa., has formed a business banking services division.

Four Oaks Fincorp in North Carolina has a new president.