Retail & Commercial

Regulators need to get cracking on Dodd-Frank rules, and the Fed needs a chairman who understands the impact of policies on the middle class.

MidSouth Bancorp in Lafayette, La., plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. It will keep its current ticker symbol, MSL.

Chemung Financial (CHMG) in Elmira, N.Y., has lured John Battersby out of retirement to serve as interim chief financial officer.

Westby Co-Op Credit Union in Wisconsin has agreed to buy the deposits and loans of a Walmart branch from Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI) in Eau Claire, Wis.

Signature Bank (SBNY) in New York has drawn a team of four bankers away from Amalgamated Capital to form a new asset-based lending group.

Sandberg's book has highlighted the need for both men and women to sponsor high potential women and encourage them to take a seat at the table.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has slapped JPMorgan Chase with a cease and desist order related to the bank's debt collection practices and its failure to comply with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Wells Fargo, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, is eliminating about 1,800 more jobs in its home-loan production business as rising mortgage rates curtail borrowers' demand for refinancing.

East West Bancorp (EWBC) in Pasadena, Calif., has agreed to pay $273 million in stock and cash for MetroCorp Bancshares (MCBI) in Houston.

NewStar Financial, the Boston business lender backed by private-equity firms Corsair Capital and Capital Z Partners Management, is exploring a sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter.