Corporate governance

The West Virginia company has an agreement to buy WinFirst Financial for $21.7 million in cash.

The pending sale of Umpqua Investments should free up funds for the company to invest in other businesses.

The American Association of Bank Directors is setting up an on-the-job training program to help banks reach a younger and more diverse group of prospective employees.

The company would also gain a branch near Dallas with the proposed acquisition.

Having already changed charters for a statewide field of membership, the Jackson, Mich.-based institution will now merge with Washtenaw Federal Credit Union.

The bank has agreed to pay $158 million for Standard AVB Financial, which has 17 branches in Pennsylvania.

An international coalition led by Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan has proposed a framework for assessing how well big corporations are meeting the environmental, social and governance expectations of investors who value stakeholder capitalism.

Go Federal Credit Union CEO Bert Beal will take the helm of the combined institution once they join America's Credit Union.

For decades lawmakers have ignored broad structural flaws in the National Flood Insurance Program, which underpins millions of home mortgages. And the problem is only getting worse.