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Nicolet Bankshares in Green Bay, Wis., disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that Robert Cera, who had shared the chairman, president and chief executive roles with Bob Atwell, was no longer at the company.

Radius Bank in Boston has recruited a team to lead a national push into Small Business Administration lending. Among the new hires is Diane Gallion, a former executive at The Bancorp in Delaware, who will be national director of government-guaranteed lending at Radius.

Kelly King promised "additional announcements later this year" tied to long-term succession planning, and it was initially unclear if he was referring to his own retirement plans. BB&T later said that King would be CEO for the "foreseeable future."

A number of banks have faced pressure from shareholders to ditch plurality voting, where directors can keep their seats even if they fail to receive majority support from investors.

With the nominees likely clear for the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets, speculation has turned to whom Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could pick as their running mates. A number of those names mentioned are key figures on financial policy. Following are some of the top possible picks.

The $25 billion-asset subsidiary of First Horizon National said in a press release Wednesday that Louis Allen, executive vice president and manager of commercial banking for the bank's west Tennessee region, will be promoted to regional president June 30.

Fulton Financial in Lancaster, Pa., has hired Lynn Ozer as president of Small Business Administration lending. Before joining Fulton, Ozer led a small-business lending team at Susquehanna Bancshares that was largely dismissed after the company's sale to BB&T.

Valley National Bank in Wayne, N.J., has appointed former PNC executive Robert Bardusch to be its chief information officer.

Shore Community Bank in Toms River, N.J., has called on some old friends to lead the board of directors.

The debate over speeding up payments transactions should consider the necessity of allowing consumers time to rethink and abort their purchases.

CenterState in Florida and Union Savings in Connecticut are adding specialists to their retail locations at a time when many other banks are cutting back or have been relying heavily on universal bankers.

Greylock hires new chief risk officer, Inova names a VP of member experience and other CU professionals and volunteers in the news.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The credit union movement continues to lose leaders with decades of experience, the latest being Mark Hawkins, who has been president and CEO of what now is known as Altura CU since February 1988. Late Monday, Credit Union Journal learned Hawkins will retire in February 2017.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., has selected a former Citigroup executive as its next chief executive.

A former Citibank payments specialist has been appointed to the board of Meta Financial Group in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Citizens Community Bancorp in Eau Claire, Wis., is searching for a new leader after its president and chief executive announced plans to resign this summer.

A proxy advisory firm has sided with Financial Institutions in Warsaw, N.Y., in its battle with an activist investor.

Cattaraugus County Bank in Little Valley, N.Y., has named Salvatore Marranca chairman less than two years after he retired as its chief executive.

Goldman Sachs Group’s compensation plan, including a provision making Lloyd Blankfein the highest-paid chief executive officer of a Wall Street bank for his work last year, drew the most opposition since shareholders began voting on the matter in 2009.

The heads of megabanks get paid a lot. Some investors want them to streamline their companies for greater returns. But it's arguable whether those CEOs would want to do so if their counterparts at smaller, better-performing banks get paid less.