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The prepaid card issuer Green Dot has promoted Kuan Archer to become its chief operating officer.

BALTIMORE — Members of MECU of Baltimore received cash bonuses of $1.8 million in December, which added to cash bonuses paid in June made a total of $3.5 million for 2014.

The White House announced Tuesday that it will nominate academic and former community banker Allan Landon to one of the two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday named Michael Dean as the director of the agency's Atlanta region. He had been serving as acting director of the region since April.

Scott Sanborn, the chief operating officer of established alternative finance giant Lending Club, has joined the board of CircleUp, an emerging online marketplace for private equity investment.

Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., has named a new chairman.

DENTON, Texas — DATCU Credit Union on Monday said it paid a bonus dividend of $1,768,059 to its member owners on Jan. 1 — the largest such payout in its history.

The Federal Reserve Board reappointed O.B. Grayson Hall Jr., chairman and chief executive at Regions Financial, to its Federal Advisory Council.

Credit unions in the United States have generally delivered good financial performance across the board in 2014, bolstered by a strengthening economy, an improving job market and — most crucially — rising loan demand from members who had stood on the sidelines during the financial crisis.

Progreso Financiero, a nonbank lender that targets Latino consumers, plans to change its name to Oportun.

Dennis Boyle has resigned as treasurer and chief financial officer of Malvern Bancorp in Paoli, Pa.

Jorge Junquera, vice chairman and special assistant to the chief executive at Popular Inc., will retire next month.

MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Employees' Credit Union (DCECU) announced it will issue Member Giveback Rebates and Rewards for 2014 that will break the $1.4 billion CU's previous records.

The good news: the economy continues to strengthen. The bad news: the economy continues to strengthen.

Tompkins Financial in Ithaca, N.Y., will soon have a new leader for its Bank of Castile.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Empower FCU here has awarded a $2.5 million "giveback" to members in bonus dividends and interest rates in celebration of another successful year.

Westbury Bancorp in West Bend, Wis., named a new president for the company and its bank subsidiary.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., will restructure its commercial banking group after a key executive retires.

Gitanka Debdip Datta has joined MasterCard Bangladesh as its vice president for business development.

Orient Bancorp. in San Francisco has a new president and chief executive.