Corporate governance

JPMorgan Chase gave its chairman and CEO a 1.6% hike in total compensation in 2019 after a second consecutive year of record profits.

The company will pay $211 million for a bank with 22 branches and $1.2 billion in assets.

Terry Turner at Pinnacle Financial says big banks in the city, including Truist Financial and Wells Fargo, are "vulnerable" to new competitors.

While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

The Delray Beach-based institution will change its name later this year to better reflect the communities it serves and its growth beyond serving just IBM staff.

For the second time in six months, Birmingham Bloomfield CU is absorbing another nearby credit union that will operate as "a part of" BBCU.

The proposed merger will create a $10 billion-asset bank based in Nashville, Tenn.

The company will pay $29 million for Virginia Bank Bankshares.

If credit union lenders and underwriters aren't working collaboratively, they could be hindering growth opportunities.

The Southeast banks expect to complete their merger by midyear, hit their savings targets and still be able to invest in growth, according to Bryan Jordan.