Americas

The company owning brands such as Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry will pay $11 million under a settlement with the consumer bureau and New York's attorney general.

The company's fourth-quarter results were also stymied by costs tied to severance and litigation, along with investments in technology.

Bob Jones will retire in early May. He will be succeeded by Jim Ryan, the Indiana company's chief financial officer.

This is the seventh consecutive year that the Kansas City area institution has returned at least $5 million to its members.

The Tennessee company will have $4 billion in assets and 47 branches in six states when it buys Entegra Financial.

Canada needs to embrace digital identification to "unlock the full potential" of banking and the economy, Canadian Bankers Association Chief Executive Officer Neil Parmenter said.

George Rudolph will take over at Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union in April as the institution's current president, Greg Smith, retires.

The Georgia company will abstain from acquisitions this year as it looks to make internal improvements.

The deal for Citizens State Bank is part of VyStar's plan to expand throughout Florida and Georgia.

Visa is working with handbag designer Rebecca Minkoff to debut a global program to fuel networking among women business owners, while also connecting them to companies in the Visa ecosystem such as Square and Yelp.