Washington

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., has tapped a KeyCorp executive as its new chief credit officer.

Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., has named a trio of banking industry executives to its board, including the former chief financial officer at Zions Bancorp.

First Sound Bank in Seattle has recruited chief financial and administrative officers from rival banks.

Frank Keating, former chief executive of the American Bankers Association, has joined the law firm Holland & Knight as a partner.

Northwest Bancorp. in Spokane, Wash., has announced that Chief Executive Randall Fewel will retire at the end of the year.

HomeStreet in Seattle has bought a branch in Dayton, Wash., from Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash.

Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., has named an accountant to its board, to settle a dispute with an activist investor.

The $75 million-asset bank said in a press release Tuesday that Michael Clabby had become its acting president and chief executive, effective last Friday.

First Financial Northwest in Renton, Wash., has filed for permission to adopt a commercial bank charter.

The $12.6 billion-asset United said in a press release Monday that it will pay $269 million, or $37 a share, in stock for the $1.2 billion-asset Bank of Georgetown.