Career moves

Total Spectrum’s John McKechnie pens tribute to old friend and mentor.

U.S. Bancorp announced executive moves at two of its payments units: Jamie Walker was named chief administrative officer for U.S. Bank Payment Services, and Bradley Herring was hired from Fiserv to succeed Walker as CFO of Elavon, U.S. Bancorp's merchant acquiring arm.

St. Anne’s Credit Union said its board appointed Eileen M. Danahey as its new president and chief executive officer, making her the first woman to hold these titles at the $864 million institution.

BBVA has recruited Simple co-founder Shamir Karkal to build a platform that would open the bank's application program interfaces to outside fintech companies.

Univest in Souderton, Pa., has hired Megan Duryea Santana as general counsel for the company and its banking subsidiary, Univest Bank and Trust.

Redding, Calif.—Mark Moore has stepped down as the chief executive officer of Members 1st Credit Union on Jan. 31 after serving in that role for almost 24 years.

UBS executive Rosemary Berkery has returned to the Swiss company's U.S. operations after a medical leave.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas has named TSYS Chief Information Officer Patty Watson to its board.

Patricia Watson joined the board of the $19 billion-asset Texas Capital on Friday. Watson has been chief information officer at TSYS, a payments processor based in Columbus, Ga., since September.

Silver State Schools Credit Union on Friday said Andrew Hunter, who has served as its president and CEO since July 2011, will retire on April 4, and will be succeeded by Scott Arkills.

Bridgewater Savings Bank in Raynham, Mass., said that its chief executive, James Lively, will retire on Dec. 5 and that Peter Dello Russo, its president and chief operating officer, will succeed him.

Malvern Bancorp in Paoli, Pa., has named Howard Kent chairman of the company and of the $727 million-asset Malvern Federal Savings Bank.

Fauquier Bankshares in Warrenton, Va., has named a North Carolina community banker as its new chief executive.

First Sound Bank in Seattle has recruited chief financial and administrative officers from rival banks.

Freedom Bank of Virginia in Fairfax has named to its board a consultant to a fund that recently invested in the bank.

Sanford "Sandy" Weill, the former head of Citigroup, has stepped down as chairman of Hamilton Insurance Group in Bermuda.

Whitefish Credit Union business lending office announces four moves, Pennsylvania CU Foundation board news and more.

Glen Burnie Bancorp in Maryland has appointed a successor to its outgoing president and chief executive.

The chief financial officer at Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., plans to retire later this year.

A senior Bank of America tech executive has migrated about 20 blocks south in New York (from Bryant Park to Madison Square Park) and into a very different world, offering platform-as-a-service to banks and other customers.