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The bank-supported blockchain organization plans to use the acquired assets to speed testing for digital currencies.

Jonathan Rosen, CEO of the specialty finance division at Synovus Financial, perished with his assistant, his daughter and her friend when the plane that Rosen was piloting crashed. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the accident.

More banks are boosting salaries to lure and keep workers in a highly competitive hiring market, but the pressure is on to trim expenses elsewhere to offset the pay hikes.

Nonfungible tokens, which provide proof of ownership in the digital world, are booming. Payment companies are betting they will require payment rails to fund high-value purchases and attract new customers for loyalty marketing.

Phil Wasserman joined the Nassau County Office of Management and Budget 2019.  Wasserman has worked in public finance since 2000.  He has worked with New York City and its associated issuing entities.  He has also been a banker with Merrill Lynch (now BofA Securities) and Siebert Cisneros Shank (now Siebert Williams Shank).  He began his career as an environmental engineer.  Wasserman holds degrees from Cornell University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University.

Silvio Tavares, the former chief executive of the Digital Commerce Alliance, will lead the credit-bureau analytics firm.

Bank of America is giving businesses new ways to transfer money to their customers with the rollout of a system called Recipient Select.

With over 20 years' experience in starting up and growing technology businesses, McNally is passionate about enabling others to transform and succeed in the digital space.

Columbia Banking System would be the surviving holding company and retain its Tacoma, Washington, headquarters and the banking unit would be based in Portland, Oregon, and operate under the Umpqua Bank brand.

Mark Kim is the Chief Executive Officer of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.