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Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore., said Luanne Calvert, chief marketing officer at Virgin America, will join its board on Sept. 25.

Katie Pemble quit on Friday, the $1.7 billion-asset company said in a press release. C1 did not give a reason for Pemble's departure and did not disclose a plan for filling her posts.

MUFG Americas Holdings in New York has hired Donna Dellosso as chief risk officer for Union Bank and for its other operations in the Americas.

IF Bancorp in Watseka, Ill., has named Linda Hamilton chief operating officer.

American Express Co. customers soon will be able to charge purchases at Sam’s Club, months before their cards stop working at larger warehouse retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.

Square Inc., the mobile-payments company founded and led by Twitter Inc. interim Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, plans to hold its initial public offering in the fourth quarter of this year, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City has named Karin Lockovitch director of compliance.

Discover was one of the most notable holdouts when Apple Pay first launched in Oct. 2014, but it now plans to launch Apple Pay compatibility Sept. 16.

CIT Group in New York has named Dorene Dominguez to the board of its banking unit.

Get a dose of hope from the W-20 and Afghan girls who code. And get a dose of inspiration too, as persistence pays off for Mary Callahan Erdoes, the 'Math Queen of Wall Street,' and likewise for Irene Bergman, the 'Oldest Woman on Wall Street.'

With the EMV liability shift less than a month away, U.S. merchants have far more on their plates than merchants in other countries had when only weeks from migrating to chip-based payment cards.

First Data Corp., whose investors are led by KKR & Co., is preparing to seek at least $2.5 billion in what would be the biggest U.S. initial public offering this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

ING has purchased Belgian digital loyalty platform Qustomer as part of its larger strategy to boost mobile payments.

Kash Corp. is prepared to move into the money transfer world, launching an application programming interface (API) that will allow companies of all sizes to accept direct debit payments without credit card fees.

Fifth Third Bancorp has promoted Teresa Tanner to chief administrative officer, the latest change in executive management at the Cincinnati company.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati has tapped a new chief strategy officer to replace Dan Poston, who will leave the bank to join the payment processor Vantiv.

MasterCard Europe is making a major push to increase mobile payments acceptance points and encourage higher value transactions, considered a “tipping point” in the market’s maturation.

Samsung is trying to take wearables beyond watches and bands into something closer to traditional fashion, including a full suit, a purse, a bag and a line of shirts—all equipped digitally.

Stockholm-based mobile wallet provider Seamless Distribution AB is seeking beta testers for a new digital cash register service that would become part of its SEQR wallet application.

SIM card and EMV technology provider Gemalto is working with Samsung to help the telecom company introduce Samsung Pay in Europe.