Americas

First Republic Bank in San Francisco said Thursday that its third-quarter profit climbed 27.4% from the same period last year, to $171.8 million, thanks to double-digit gains in both interest and fee income.

The Klamath Falls, Ore.-based CU said Olney, a native of Southern Oregon, is a graduate of George Fox University and the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University.

Bank holding companies in Alabama and Pennsylvania have changed or plan to change their names to more closely reflect the identities of their banks.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., has introduced an online consumer lending product that it uses technology developed by Avant.

Large banks are outpacing community banks in deposit gathering because new liquidity rules make deposits more valuable to the biggest banks, mobile banking has been a deposit magnet for the heavyweights, and regional and midsize players hold certain advantages over smaller rivals, too.

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis said Tuesday that has promoted three executives in its Middle Atlantic region.

Mid Penn Bank in Millersburg, Pa., is expanding its retail presence in one of the state's fastest-growing counties.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Mass., plans to accelerate its growth in upstate New York by opening regional headquarters in Albany.

The $141 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that it had appointed four managing directors to oversee designated regions for the lending group.

Bank of Commerce in Sarasota, Fla., will change hands following a bankruptcy auction.