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Loans outpacing GDP and the expressed optimism of CEOs on recent earnings calls are among the signs that growth figures are too good to be true.

JPMorgan Chase has named Sarah Youngwood chief financial officer for consumer and community banking.

LAFCU in Lansing, Mich., has named Patrick Spyke its new chief executive officer. Spyke, who has been LAFCU's executive vice president since 2013, will succeed Robin Frucci as CEO when he retires March 31.

Members Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., announced that longtime President and CEO Jack Braswell will retire in September.

PacWest Bancorp in Los Angeles has named Stanley Ivie, a regional director for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., its chief risk officer and an executive vice president. He started Monday.

About a fifth of regional banks look at their efficiency ratios as they set executive compensation. Ongoing revenue challenges and investor pressure could push more boards to consider efficiency — or simple cost-cutting — to determine pay for high-level officers.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has given its chief executive Bob Jones the added title of chairman.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has increased the roles of two executives as part of an effort to focus more on digital projects.

Two executives and two directors have resigned from Community Bank of the Bay in Oakland, Calif.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, which spent three years righting the ship, is ready to poach bankers and clients who might be upset with recent consolidation in Royal's home state. While it could look at deals, Royal is primarily hoping to steal market share with a private-banking model, loan production offices and technology upgrades.

First Interstate BancSystem in Billings, Mont., has tapped a KeyCorp executive as its new chief credit officer.

KALSEE Credit Union, a $169-million institution based in Kalamazoo, Mich., announced that after an "exhaustive search," its board selected Matthew L. Lahman as its new president and CEO.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati will operate without a board chairman or vice chairman after three directors announced their plans to retire.

Saginaw Medical Federal Credit Union in Saginaw, Mich., has named Laura Crase its president and chief executive officer. She had been the credit union's chief lending officer.

As questions about how the NCUA chairman’s pending departure could complicate the agency’s plans for addressing supplemental capital, presidential appointments and other issues, CU Journal asked industry stakeholders their thoughts on this development.

The Cleveland company appointed Christopher Gorman as merger integration executive, according to a news release. Gorman previously was president of KeyCorp's corporate bank.

State Street in Boston is on the hunt for a new chief financial officer. Michael Bell, 52, has decided to step down within the next year the custody bank said on Thursday.

Richard Meares, the president and chief executive of Fleetwood Bank in Berks County, Pa., is retiring in January.

President Obama put pressure on regulators this week to finish their long-delayed rule governing executive compensation, but by the time it gets implemented, much of the work may have already been done.

James Hackett, chairman of the board of directors at Fifth Third Bancorp, is stepping down.