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Citigroup posted third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as bond-trading revenue surged 35% from a year earlier, helped by interest-rate and currencies trading.

Third-quarter profit at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh declined on a yearly basis as a higher tax rate and increased expenses ate into improved revenue in both lending and fee-based products.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said profit fell 7.6% from a year ago, when results got a boost from $2.2 billion in tax benefits. Revenue climbed 8.4% as bond-trading revenue rose more than analysts estimated.

California Bank of Commerce in Lafayette has hired a veteran credit administrator to help expand its small-business lending.

A nearly double-digit increase in net interest income helped third-quarter profit increase by 12.9% at VSB Bancorp in New York.

Two well-known industry veterans are named to the board of Children’s Miracle Network and other CU professionals in the news.

The Wells Fargo phony bank and credit card accounts scandal is barely five weeks old, but it felt like John Stumpf had been hanging on for five years.

Hingham Institution for Savings in Massachusetts said a double-digit spike in lending contributed to a strong third quarter.

The change at the top of the No. 3 U.S. bank by assets after a snowballing phony-accounts scandal marks the rare case of a major U.S. bank CEO resigning amid accusations of company misconduct. His successor, Tim Sloan, faces a hard road to recovery.

The $4.3 billion-asset parent of Century Bank and Trust Co. said in a press release Tuesday that its net income increased 5.2% in the quarter from a year earlier to $6.4 million, or $1.16 a share.

About two-thirds of banks that close branches will lose deposit share in their impacted markets in time. Here's how to prevent customers from leaving your bank.

The Klamath Falls, Ore.-based CU said Olney, a native of Southern Oregon, is a graduate of George Fox University and the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University.

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis said Tuesday that has promoted three executives in its Middle Atlantic region.

Elevations CU hires "chief people officer" and other credit union professionals in the news.

The long-time chief executive of CoVantage Credit Union in Antigo, Wis., will step down in the coming months.

From the new chief risk officer at BECU to special recognition by the Mountain West CUA, read on for more CU professionals in the news.

To make it to the top ranks, women should pursue roles that offer a mix of comfort, challenges and “pure, white-knuckle terror,” says Bank of the West CEO Nandita Bakhshi.

Women are watched closely as they rise to the C-Suite — but never more closely than when there is a crisis to manage. "People still wonder if we will break," says Karen Peetz, president of BNY Mellon.

Diane D'Erasmo looks back at how she balanced a 40-year career in banking while raising a family. "I did want it all, so I just pushed ahead," the retiring HSBC executive says.

Despite their accomplishments, American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance say they are still held to a different standard than men when it comes to handling pressure situations.