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A host of up-and-coming credit union professionals were promoted to vice presidential posts, and other CU personnel in the news.

Short Hills, New Jersey, is among the richest communities in the U.S. The directors of a local savings and loan get paid accordingly.

Signature Bank in New York has added former New York state banking supervisor Derrick Cephas to its board.

Rick Metsger, who was recently elevated from vice chairman to chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, has promoted his senior policy advisor, Michael Radway, to chief of staff.

New rules have made it more challenging to originate mortgages without drawing attention from regulators. Mercantile Bank in Michigan, however, believes that positive trends in its biggest markets are incentive enough to hire lenders and improve its systems.

Serving on a bank board is a tough gig, and the fact that a number of bank directors sit on the boards of four or more public companies is raising questions about whether they are too busy to be good watchdogs.

It didn't take long for Karen Parkhill to re-emerge after her sudden departure from Comerica in Dallas. Parkhill was named chief financial officer at Medtronic, a medical technology company based in Dublin, Ireland.

Prudential Bancorp in Philadelphia has a new chief executive.

The $69 billion-asset company in Dallas said in a press release Tuesday that Karen Parkhill resigned on Friday to "pursue other opportunities." Parkhill, who had also been the company's vice chairman, had been with Comerica since 2011.

At least one banker has gone public with expectations that the OCC will force his institution to hold more capital. More could soon follow.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) announced the appointment of Edward “Joe” Face to the Council’s State Liaison Committee (SLC).

Some buyers are hanging in there, but as OnDeck Capital's disappointing first-quarter results show, investors who acquire and securitize marketplace loans are heading for hills. Among the reasons: fear of defaults, unfavorable pricing and shrinking loan yields.

The Illinois Credit Union League (ICUL) said its former president and CEO, Dan Plauda, passed away over the weekend.

Veridian names a new team leader, new directors tapped at Ent and Wright Patt and more CU professionals in the news.

As banks nationwide trim their branch personnel, they must also make sure the remaining staff in their brick-and-mortar stores know what they are doing.

OnDeck Capital reported a quarterly loss of $12.6 million as revenues fell short of expectations. At the same time, the New York firm sharply reduced its earnings projection for the rest of the year.

Amalgamated Bank in New York has started offering down payment insurance to homebuyers in a move it hopes will set it apart with highly mobile millennial borrowers.

Christopher Cline, a former Wells Fargo executive, has joined the management of a community bank in Vancouver, Wash., to help it build up its wealth management business.

Search for successor to long-time – and outspoken – leader of State Employees' Credit Union should be completed no later than first quarter of 2017, according to chairman of the board.

JPMorgan Chase shareholders should support a proposal to consider an independent chairman, proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co. said.