Corporate governance

Lisa Opoku follows Julian Salisbury out the door of the Wall Street stalwart.

Big Poppy Bancorp has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire up to 24.99% of Summit State Bank. Both institutions are headquartered in Santa Rosa. Combining them would create the city's biggest bank.

Storms earlier this month crippled local communities in the Green Mountain state. Banks, which have had to close branches or open alternative ones, are offering flexible loan repayment options and working with municipalities to finance the rebuilding of infrastructure.

The Federal Reserve says its findings related to "unsafe and unsound practices and violations" of previous agreements with the central bank related to the lender's prior relationship with the Estonian branch of Danske Bank.

Citizens made waves with its hires of around 50 private banking staff from First Republic. The head of wealth management at Citizens shared what's next.

Investors will get the chance to fill three director seats at the Philadelphia company, which last held an annual meeting in April 2021 and has been embroiled in a legal fight with a shareholder group.

Following regulatory stress tests, three midsize institutions expect to be required to maintain larger stress capital buffers. The reverse is true for four of the nation's largest banks.

The San Antonio bank says it will open 17 new financial centers in the Austin region by 2026. It's the latest step in a physical expansion strategy that has led to dozens of new branches in Houston and Dallas.

CCFNB Bancorp and Muncy Bank Financial, which said they were combining forces in April, have opted for a bigger rebrand.

The Federal Reserve's stress tests suggested that larger banks are prepared to handle a severe economic downturn, though regional banks fared somewhat worse than their big-bank counterparts. Banks are expected to start revealing their latest capital return plans on Friday.