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OptimumBank Holdings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has appointed a former Florida credit union CEO, John H. Clifford, to its board.

Square 1 Bank, a unit of PacWest Bancorp, has hired two financial services veterans to expand its banking services for venture capital and private-equity firms and named a new leader of that practice.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh will add the president and chief executive of Yadkin Financial to its board after buying the Raleigh, N.C., company.

MSU FCU CEO April Clobes recognized as a top leader and other credit union professionals in the news.

Serial fintech entrepreneur Chris Larsen plans to take a breather. In January, Larsen will hand the reins and the CEO title at Ripple over to Brad Garlinghouse, who is currently the company's president and chief operating officer.

TD Bank Group in Toronto will have a new president and chief executive for its U.S. banking unit next summer.

Acquisition costs ate into third-quarter profit at Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind.

Wells Fargo has named Monica Cole to head middle-market banking for six Midwestern states.

Sun Bancorp’s third-quarter profit declined, as the Mount Laurel, N.J., recorded almost $3 million of one-time gains a year ago. Sun’s expenses, however, continued to improve.

One of the hottest bank technologies is already repeating mistakes of decades past and showing just how far banks have to go to catch up with the times. Here is one easy way to make this emerging tech more appealing to today's customers.

The president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank is best known for her dissenting votes on monetary policy, but that's not the only way she stands out. Her background as a farmer and former bank examiner gives her a unique perspective among Fed officials.

Numerica adds strategic role to CFO, promotes five senior managers and other CU professionals in the news.

Patrick McCloskey, a board member at SCE FCU in Irwindale, Calif., moved “off the grid” with his family last year, living with no natural gas and tapping a mountain spring for water. The move has done more than just change his life – it’s altered his perspective on credit union governance.

The Bancorp's stock fell nearly 15% Friday after the Wilmington, Del., company reported a large quarterly loss tied to a bad commercial real estate loan.

The Cincinnati bank is looking to middle-market lending in the Charlotte area to fuel future expansion, CEO Greg Carmichael says. The timing may be right, given disruption from M&A, as well as the Wells Fargo scandal fallout.

Back in the black and looking increasingly healthy for the first time in a decade, First Mariner is poised to accelerate growth next year.

Steve Goldberg joined CUNA Mutual Group in 1968 and has led the CUNA Mutual Group Foundation since 2003.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings in Dallas is expected to make a cash payment of about $115 million to its former chief executive, a payment that was prematurely recorded last year due to an error with its accounting.

Iberiabank’s stock fell in morning trading after the Lafayette, La., company posted third-quarter profits that missed expectations.

The Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has launched a new aviation finance business in the Americas and has named aircraft finance veteran Olivier Trauchessec managing director of the unit.