Career moves

Apple Bank for Savings in Manhasset, N.Y., said Thursday that Chief Operating Officer Steven Bush is taking over as chairman, president and CEO from Alan Shamoon, who is retiring.

First Data paid Chief Executive Frank Bisignano $51.6 million in 2015, almost twice what his former boss, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, received last year.

Two credit unions are beefing up their mortgage departments and more CU professionals in the news.

WASHINGTON – The American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) on Wednesday said it has hired credit union veteran Brad Miller as its new executive director.

Former Oklahoma governor and American Bankers Association chief Frank Keating has been named a director of BancFirst in Oklahoma City.

A former staff attorney with New York's city government has been named the top lawyer for the New York State Department of Financial Services.

ESSA Bancorp in Stroudsburg, Pa., has a new chairman and two new independent directors.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has hired Jeffrey Zaks, a CIT Group banker, to lead its new media and entertainment lending group.

TACOMA, Wash. — Thirty-five years is enough for Richard Brandsma, who will retire from his position as CEO of $ 1.3 billion Sound Credit Union this week.

Robertson Banking Co. in Demopolis, Ala., has given its president, Gary Holemon, the additional title of chief executive.

The president and chief banking officer at Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, Calif., plans to leave the company next month.

HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., will name a the former North Carolina market president for Fifth Third Bancorp to its board, along with two other professionals.

CUSO taps executives to serve as directors and other credit union professionals in the news.

ChoiceOne Financial Services in Sparta, Mich., has given its president, Kelly Potes, the job of chief executive, too.

Mid Penn Bancorp in Millersburg, Pa., has hired Michael Peduzzi as chief financial officer.

Arlington Community names new COO, Mission Fed taps new CFO and other CU professionals in the news.

The former chief executive of a failed bank in Lincoln, Neb., was sentenced to 11 years in prison for forming a scheme to hide more than $100 million in losses from shareholders and regulators.

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida in Stuart has reached an agreement with an activist investor after signs had emerged of a potential proxy battle.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta will hire as many as 200 people for its wholesale-banking business over the next four years as it seeks to increase mergers-and-acquisition services for mid-size companies.

Santander Bank in Boston said Wednesday that it has hired two regional market presidents who formerly worked for JPMorgan Chase: Sarah Lindstrom and Elsie Leon-Cruz.