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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.

Unity Bancorp is raking in money from holding and selling 7(a) loans, but don't expect the bank to extend its operations beyond New Jersey and New York. Management learned that lesson the hard way during the financial crisis.

Community Bank of the Chesapeake in Waldorf, Md., has handed its chief risk officer some serious additional duties. James Burke became president of the $1.2 billion-asset bank on July 28; he will remain risk chief and an executive vice president, also.

Consistent marketing doesn't mean your offer gets better with each try, but it increases the odds of making a pitch when your customers are actually listening.

Digital Asset Holdings has hired a former RBS executive to be its chief financial officer. The hire was one of several new recruits the New York blockchain startup announced Tuesday.