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Bank of America hits 100% recycled-plastic card goal for Earth Day, First U.S. Community Credit Union names new CEO, Santander partners with DailyPay, and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Head of technology Saul Van Beurden will take over for Mary Mack, who plans to retire this summer. The appointment reflects the ever-increasing importance of digital channels in retail banking.

Eric Rosengren, who stepped down as CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 2021, has been elected an independent director of Berkshire Hill Bancorp. He's its second new board member this year.

The fintech founder was also Square's first chief technology officer and the chief product officer of blockchain-based payments company MobileCoin.

Rates are rising and maturities are shortening in unsecured commercial paper, raising the possibility of a credit crunch and further regulatory intervention.

Plaus had planned to leave the bank after March 31. But Merrill head Andy Sieg's sudden departure for Citigroup triggered an executive shuffle.

In a sudden shift, Merrill's leader of the past six years is heading back to rival Citi, where he will be head of global wealth and drive its expansion.

The financial technology company, best known for its higher education business, is hiring a co-CEO and promoting its chief technology and chief accounting officers.

In his new role as chief operating officer, Selva will take the reins of a multiyear initiative to improve internal controls. Those efforts, which followed regulatory scrutiny, were previously led by longtime banker Karen Peetz, who plans to retire in May.

Employees of the collapsed bank are using LinkedIn, and old-school means, to find new jobs.

Longtime Citi M&A exec ran for NYC mayor after leaving the bank.

He was chief executive officer and chairman of the bank, then known as BankAmerica Corp., from 1990 until his retirement in 1996. 

Carmichael held the position for less than a year after stepping down as chief in July. The Cincinnati bank plans to elect a new executive chair at its annual shareholder meeting in April.

The Dallas-based company is rolling out a national investment banking unit as it seeks to serve clients through the entire business life cycle. It has also promoted three top-level executives into new roles.

Brandon Krieg, the former CEO of the investing and banking app provider, will head up a new unit that focuses on employers.

It's been less than three months since FTX collapsed in what U.S. prosecutors called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history — and a former top executive is eager to get it all behind him and move on to his next big thing.

Ripple promotes GM to president, Visa's tipping-tech tie-up and more in banking news this week.

Provident Bank will roughly double in size by combining with Lakeland Bancorp. The modified technology roles it's filled in the past six months could help it take on larger clients.

Three men are widely considered the longtime CEO's slate of replacements.

The Boston-based bank, which has undergone numerous leadership changes in recent years, hired a new commercial banking head and a new chief credit officer. CEO Nihin Mhatre said the bank is in a "very, very good spot" as his transformation of the company proceeds.