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Citigroup's head of franchise risk and strategy, Brian Leach, will retire on May 1, according to memos sent to Citi employees Thursday from him and company chief executive Michael Corbat.
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WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board finalized a rule Thursday that could spur small bank deals by expanding the number of bank holding companies that qualify for an exception allowing them to carry more debt.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in a major break with tradition, has tapped a former UBS Group executive as its first non-Japanese president and chief executive for its American division.
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Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., has a new chief executive for its Tallahassee State Bank.
The $27 billion-asset company said in a press release that Matt Brown previously served as a market president at Centennial Bank in Tallahassee, Fla. Brown's experience also includes stints as CEO at Premier Bank in Tallahassee and Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Cape Coral, Fla.
Tallahassee State Bank has four branches.
Brown's "extensive banking knowledge and legacy of community leadership in this market will elevate the bank to a new level of growth and excellence in customer service in the North Florida region," R. Dallis Copeland Jr., Synovus' chief community banking officer, said in the release."
A Synovus spokesman said that Brown succeeded Sharon Weeden.
