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NexTier Bank in Butler, Pa., has tapped its chief operating officer as its next leader.

CUs hailed for high employee satisfaction, teaching good financial habits and more.

The scandal-plagued marketplace lender is set to report earnings Monday, and the results aren't likely to be pretty. The big question going forward is how quickly can it reverse the damage and win back the trust of investors.

The credit union industry is mourning the loss of one of their biggest advocates in the federal government, former Rep. Steve LaTourette, who passed away on Aug. 3 due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City on Friday named Gary Crittenden, a former chief financial officer at Citigroup, to its board of directors.

Despite ongoing challenges, executives at community banks believe they can boost revenue this year. At the same time, pressure is mounting to build scale, which could mean more consolidation.

Regions Financial has a new chief executive for its insurance business.

Banks must use analytics — rather than customer surveys — to determine what does and what does not inspire prospects to become customers.

Susan Ralston plans to stay with Dollar Bank after the Pittsburgh mutual absorbs Bank @tlantec in Virginia Beach, where she is CEO. The longtime executive also plans to keep pushing for reforms designed to preserve the mutual banking model.

Two senior legal executives at CIT Group in Livingston, N.J., are reportedly leaving the company, as it faces a new round of compliance headaches.

Green Dot profits more than doubled to $8 million in the second quarter as revenues rose slightly and expenses ticked down.

OnPoint names new COO, SIU promotes two and more credit union professionals in the news.

During a conference call with analysts on Thursday, executives at Ally Financial sought to dispel concerns that losses may soon rise in the lender's $63 billion retail auto loan portfolio.

Unitus Community Credit Union, a $1-billion institution based in Portland, Ore., said its board of directors named Steven Stapp as its new president and chief executive officer, following a national search.

The $7.5 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that Curtis Glovier had become chairman and chief executive of Pensco Trust Co.

Nonbanking fees are also allowing Community Bank System in New York to be a patient acquirer even though it is creeping up on $10 billion in assets.

The impressive loan growth in the second quarter is surprising in an economy that grew by 1.2% in the second quarter and by only 0.8% in the first quarter.

The age-old fight over whether earnings forecasts are essential for investors or bad for the economy has new legs, and banks are square in the middle of it.

The Bancorp has named Hugh McFadden its chief operating officer, replacing an executive who had joined the Wilmington, Del., company just 16 months earlier.

Former U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette, original co-author of the Credit Union Membership Access Act, passed away on Wednesday night after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 62.