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Wells Fargo's innovation group has appointed Peggy Mangot for the newly created position of senior vice president of its design and delivery leadership team.

Almost 40 years ago, a rock music legend asked a question that too many banks are failing to address today.

Lakeland Bancorp in Oak Ridge, N.J., has named a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer as two other executives plan to retire.

Directors today are expected to perform many duties that, even a decade ago, weren't part of the job, from overseeing cybersecurity and the bank's culture to setting online and mobile strategy. Yet the composition of many bank boards hasn't changed all that much. Here's what to do if you have longtime members who lack the skills needed to help a bank compete.

Credit Union Resources announced that Richfield-Bloomington Credit Union of Bloomington, Minn. has named Gregory Worthen as its new president and CEO, effective Tuesday.

Shivan Govindan, chairman of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, has taken on the task of salvaging a bank that is reeling from accounting issues and a substantial capital requirement from regulators.

The phony-accounts scandal at Wells Fargo illustrates how sales quotas can incent bad behavior. Is your bank effectively mitigating the risk of 'managing to metrics'? Or could it be in danger of becoming a 'cargo cult'?

Green Bancorp's aggressive plan to attack its credit quality troubles and do what few Texas banks once would have dreamed of – quit energy lending – make it a subject of debate and a community bank to watch closely in 2017.

First City Credit Union, a $605-million institution based in Los Angeles, announced it selected Jim Miller as its new president and CEO, succeeding Terry O'Steen, who is retiring after more than 20 years with the credit union.

The Florist Federal Credit Union, an $8.1-million institution based in Roswell, N.M, said it hired Cisco Malpartida Smith as its new president and CEO, succeeding Kenneth Bell, who is retiring.

Get out of the red six months from now. That is Fred Viaud's goal for Glen Rock Savings Bank in New Jersey, which on Tuesday said he would be promoted to president and CEO next week.

Redwood CU hires a new chief financial and risk officer and other credit union advocates in the news.

Dime Community Bancshares in Brooklyn, N.Y., said Friday that it has promoted Roberto Volino to chief operating officer.

United Community Bancorp in Lawrenceburg, Ind., has named a new chief financial officer.

Stephen Gordon has long been known as an entrepreneurial banker, which helped him expand his California bank aggressively over a five-year period. A spike in chargeoffs that led to a third-quarter loss spurred Gordon to beef up credit oversight. The question is whether that effort will stymie loan growth.

David Jezewski will take the helm in April, succeeding retiring CEO Ernie Jackson.

American Banker predicted these five bankers would make news. Several delivered, mostly with small, strategic deals and finding ways to make money in spite of challenging conditions.

Regions Financial President and CEO Grayson Hall and the CEO of a Miami bank have been elected to the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

A look at how credit unions are giving back to their communities during the holidays.

New President and CEO Marilyn Brink has served North Coast in a variety of positions for 14 years.