Career moves

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., will restructure its commercial banking group after a key executive retires.

Gitanka Debdip Datta has joined MasterCard Bangladesh as its vice president for business development.

Orient Bancorp. in San Francisco has a new president and chief executive.

LevelUp, a mobile payments provider known for its playful office culture — and a CEO who prefers to be called a chief ninja — may need to mature as its competition gets serious.

Sentry Bank in St. Joseph, Minn., has lined up its next president and chief executive.

Northrim Bancorp in Anchorage, Alaska, has promoted Joe Beedle to president and chief executive.

The former Astoria chief, who died Sunday, took Astoria from a sleepy mutual to the fifth-biggest publicly traded thrift in New York. Engelke was also know for freely speaking his mind while maintaining strong relationships with fellow bankers.

The $1.3 billion-asset company said in a press release that Thomas Cherry will succeed Larry Dillon, who will remain chairman and chief executive. The company added that Cherry is expected to eventually succeed Dillon as CEO.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has named an executive of the Cincinnati Bengals football team to its board.

South Shore Bank in South Weymouth, Mass., has lined up its next president and chief executive.

State Street in Boston has split the positions of president and chief executive.

George Engelke Jr., former chairman, president, and chief executive of the Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., has died.

PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh has tapped an executive to become its director of community affairs and president of the PNC Foundation.

Well Fargo Private Bank in San Francisco has named Erik Davidson as chief investment officer.

MALVERN, Ark.—Diamond Lakes FCU here has named Tammy Passafiume as its new CEO. She comes to the credit union with more than 23 years of experience in the credit union movement, having served previously at the helm of River Valley FCU in Camden, Ark.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a top critic of the country's megabanks, will lead Democrats on the Banking Committee next year.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., is making leadership changes as its chief executive plans to resign early next year.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania in Narbeth could be looking for a new chief risk officer.

Kevin Cashen, has resigned as Bay Bancorp's president and chief executive just weeks after the Lutherville, Md., company posted a $942,000 third-quarter loss.

Paul Camp, a veteran of JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, has joined the digital-currency consumer finance company Circle Internet Financial as the startup's new chief financial officer.