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The chairman of First National Bank of Santa Fe has accepted additional duties ahead of the bank's upcoming merger.

CUES welcomes Canadian CEO to its board, Florida CEO earns recognition and more CU professionals in the news.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has appointed eight new credit union representatives to its Credit Union Advisory Council.

The longtime chairman and chief executive of Cathay General Bancorp will relinquish his CEO title this fall and the company's bank president is set to succeed him.

Previous natural disasters in the Gulf region have taught banks like MidSouth, Regions and Hancock how to swing into action to help customers and manage sudden risks.

Kinderhook Bank Corp. in New York said Wednesday that Scott Shallo, a member of the board since 2006, succeeded Brian Kelly as chairman.

Chad Ballard, who most recently served as BBVA Compass' director of mobility and new digital business technologies, has joined PNC Financial Services Group.

Heather Cox is moving to USAA; female regulators are gaining prominence in the online lending conversation; and asset managers are still fighting sexism at work (but then again, who isn’t?).

CUs step up to the plate for kids, schools and more in the latest round of credit union community news.

Like its peers, the San Francisco-based marketplace lender is struggling to manage the fallout of a sharp reversal in the interest of investors.

Needham Bank in Massachusetts is searching for a new chief executive just 14 months after its current leader took over.

The Ohio company is eager to rev up SBA lending in the Windy City now that it has closed on its purchase of FirstMerit. CEO Steve Steinour also credits his company's willingness to make big upfront community commitments for a seamless approval process.

SunWest Credit Union, a $117-million institution based in Pueblo, Colo., announced that Janice Mehle has been appointed its new president and CEO.

The $1.1 billion-asset bank said in a press release Monday that it appointed Ron Coben to become its interim chief executive, succeeding Jeffrey Wilkinson, who resigned "to pursue his next entrepreneurial challenge.

Gavin Michael, head of digital banking for JPMorgan Chase's retail unit, is moving to Citigroup.

Possible bad outcomes from the slowdown in bank chartering include less financial access in rural areas and further concentration of industry assets in just a few large banks.

Trust for CUs elects new chairman and other CU professionals in the news.

HSBC has hired Anthony Glover, a veteran of JPMorgan Chase and American Express, to be its head of retail banking in the U.S., a newly created position.

Basel III could deal some serious blows to capital levels at First NBC Bank in New Orleans. The big question is how large will the issue become over the next two years.

Heather Cox, the chief executive of Citigroup's financial technology unit and a key executive behind the bank's early embrace of wearable technology for payments and other financial services, is headed to USAA, an institution with a military-heavy client base that relies on digital transactions.