Banks say easing rules on people with some criminal records will diversify the applicant pool; deal with Synchrony may be near.

At a recent House hearing with large-bank CEOs, lawmakers’ focus on the compensation gap between the C-suite and lower-level employees echoed a broader discussion about pay inequity.

The current compensation rule, which was last updated more than two decades ago, is confusing, industry experts said.

The cold, hard truth of bank mergers is that rivals often steal top producers and convince customers the bigger bank won’t care about them anymore. The CEOs of the merging banks explain their retention efforts.

Daniel J. Machon Jr., who was previously the CEO of Stonebridge Bank, has taken the helm at the West Chester, Pa.-based institution.

Tax refund payment fraud has become far more sophisticated with attacks targeting tax professionals, human resource departments and even payroll offices, writes Deb Geister, financial crimes strategist and subject matter expert for NICE Actimize.

Douglas Ankrom, who is currently chief financial officer at the Belpre, Ohio-based institution, will take over for Michael Iaderosa, who will retire later this year.

Executives at the Tennessee banks are using the biggest bank merger in a decade to aggressively recruit lenders and clients in Southeastern markets.

A mortgage advisor, a chief legal counsel and a vice president of member experience were just some of the appointments credit unions have recently made.

George McNichols helped build the Indiana-based institution from $10 million in assets in 1984 to $554 million today.

In the MeToo era, financial firms the world over are struggling to handle complaints of sexual harassment. A case in point: HSBC.

Chief executives of Wall Street's largest banks were awarded record pay packages last year as profits soared. Nearly 2,500 miles away, the CEO of a little-known online lender, born at the height of the dot-com bubble, quietly outearned them all.

Tanya Hobson will take over for Mechelle Johnson, who will step down in June after 24 years at the helm of the South Dakota-based institution.

Three regulators warn Wells it hasn’t made enough progress on consent order; poor fourth quarter investment banking revenue ignites cutbacks.

Credit unions have promoted and hired employees in a variety of areas, including membership experience and operations, marketing, real estate lending and collections.

Bank of America plans to raise its minimum wage to $20 an hour over two years. The baseline will rise to $17 on May 1 and then climb to $20 in 2021, the company said.

Since Wells Fargo’s phony-accounts scandal broke in 2016, the bank has appeared contrite in public. In private, it’s a different story.

Mark Fierro, who was previously the CUSO's chief operations officer, was named as interim CEO late last year.

Community banks are relying more on analytics, incentives and business partnerships in hopes of stemming an outflow of deposit relationships.

Credit unions are losing ground to community banks when it comes to customer satisfaction. Here's how to reverse that trend.