Career advancement

Credit unions have announced new hires and promotions in areas such as human resources, business development and digital delivery.

From developing a bond with the board to refining communication skills, there are plenty of lessons for credit union leaders to take to heart.

A potential succession and a transfer of power in family leadership are among the key recent executive moves in banking.

Kelly Skalicky has succeeded her father as CEO of the Minnesota bank.

Keith Wilton will also succeed Walter Kaczmarek as president in August.

Mark Sander, who has been with the company since 2011, succeeded Michael Schudder, who remains chairman and CEO.

Denice Schultheiss became director of the Office of Credit Unions in Michigan after John Kolhoff left to lead the Texas Credit Union Commission.

Several banks are seeing significant changes in leadership as the year comes to a close.

Simone Lagomarsino, former CEO of Heritage Oak Bank, will succeed John Biggs next month.

Our Best in Banking honorees for 2018 share some of the smartest bits of advice and blows from the school of hard knocks that they've received over the years — and who (or what) supplied them.

Stephen Gordon, who led the bank's recapitalization in 2010, is being replaced as CEO on an interim basis by former FirstMerit CEO Paul Grieg.

Brenda Kerr will be responsible for creating a strategy for the bank's retail operations.

Motor vehicle agencies are better suited to vet customers’ identities than banks; Goldman unit is stealing customers from big U.K. banks.

After bringing in a new leader and overhauling its board, Freedom Bank in northern Virginia is looking at digital upgrades and expansion into new markets to stay relevant.

The industry saw some well-known executives step down from their roles or take on new ones during the past month.

The OCC is looking into problems in the bank’s technology operations; banks turn to untraditional methods to raise revenue from research.

Anthony DeChellis will succeed Clayton Deutsch at the end of this month.

Barclays’ common equity tier 1 ratio is the lowest among those banks tested; the $30 million investment is the bank’s first foreign effort in its “Advancing Cities” program.

Always speak up, own your mistakes, let somebody else plan that office celebration and other tips from four women on JPMorgan Chase’s operating committee.

Just before the end of summer, several major banks have put new faces in key executive positions.