BROOKLYN, N.Y. -
Chmielewski, 42, was most recently a vice president at HSBC where he was responsible for the bank's business in northern Brooklyn, and was a PSFCU branch manager for nine years before that.
Chmielewski replaces Alicja Malecka, who was fired from the $1.1-billion credit union in early February.
Polish & Slavic has weathered various political upheavals in recent years and was run under conservatorship by NCUA from 1999 to 2001.
The Federal Reserve governor's term was set to expire in January and President Donald Trump has made it clear that she would not be reappointed. The vacancy will give Trump an opportunity to appoint someone new to the central bank's board.
Direct-to-consumer earned wage access provider EarnIn is rolling out Live Pay, a service that "streams" consumers' paychecks via a Visa card. It's a model banks could replicate.
Deal for Clay County Savings Bank leaves Verimore Bank primed to add market share in a fast-growing Kansas City neighborhood
Columbus-based Northwest Bancshares finalized its acquisition of Penns Woods Bancorp; Barclays becomes the second U.K.-based bank to leave the Zero Banking Alliance; BankUnited announces the appointment of Michael Mitchell as executive vice president, director of branch banking; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
First Foundation is in transformation mode, after a capital infusion and new management gave it some power to remix its challenged balance sheet. But the bank just took its third quarterly loss out of the last four quarters.
The Cleveland bank is working with Personetics to provide advice and help to digital banking customers that takes into account their circumstances, current transactions and history.
