Career moves

Midland States Bancorp in Effingham, Ill., has plucked its new chief financial officer from a much larger bank: Kevin Thompson, who joins Midland from Zions Bancorp., where he had been senior vice president of corporate finance since 2014.

American Heritage CEO tapped to serve on international board and other credit union advocates in the news.

In a message to employees Wednesday morning, JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the election of Donald Trump as president reflects a "deep desire for change.”

John Buckley has more than 30 years of experience in the credit union industry, including a previous CEO post.

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HomeBancorp in Tampa, Fla., has appointed several executives to expanded roles, all to take effect at the start of the year.

The $70 million-asset bank said in a press release that Thomas Dungan 3rd, Yong Li, Wendy Mitchell and Paul Zhu have joined its six directors.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., has appointed a former Citigroup executive and an agricultural industry executive to its board.

A number of credit union CEOs earned special recognition from a variety of state and local organizations, and other CU professionals in the news.

Vermont Federal Credit Union in Burlington announced that its chief executive, Bernie Isabelle, has retired.

A trio of officers are promoted to VP status, statewide awards in Indiana and more CU professionals in the news.

MB Financial in Chicago has appointed an executive from an advanced analytics company to its board. The $19 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Sunil "Sonny" Garg is the energy solutions leader at Uptake.

The former chairman of the failed Premier Bank in Wilmette, Ill., was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has named Aravind Immaneni chief operations and technology officer.

OptimumBank Holdings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has appointed a former Florida credit union CEO, John H. Clifford, to its board.

OptimumBank Holdings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has appointed a former Florida credit union CEO, John H. Clifford, to its board.

Square 1 Bank, a unit of PacWest Bancorp, has hired two financial services veterans to expand its banking services for venture capital and private-equity firms and named a new leader of that practice.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh will add the president and chief executive of Yadkin Financial to its board after buying the Raleigh, N.C., company.

MSU FCU CEO April Clobes recognized as a top leader and other credit union professionals in the news.

Serial fintech entrepreneur Chris Larsen plans to take a breather. In January, Larsen will hand the reins and the CEO title at Ripple over to Brad Garlinghouse, who is currently the company's president and chief operating officer.