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MALVERN, Ark.—Diamond Lakes FCU here has named Tammy Passafiume as its new CEO. She comes to the credit union with more than 23 years of experience in the credit union movement, having served previously at the helm of River Valley FCU in Camden, Ark.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a top critic of the country's megabanks, will lead Democrats on the Banking Committee next year.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., is making leadership changes as its chief executive plans to resign early next year.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania in Narbeth could be looking for a new chief risk officer.

Kevin Cashen, has resigned as Bay Bancorp's president and chief executive just weeks after the Lutherville, Md., company posted a $942,000 third-quarter loss.

Paul Camp, a veteran of JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, has joined the digital-currency consumer finance company Circle Internet Financial as the startup's new chief financial officer.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Members of Golden 1 CU will be getting an early holiday gift from their credit union, as the CU's $18 million "Member Giveback Distributions" hit savings accounts Wednesday.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Median loan growth rates were up by 3.5% for the year ending in the third quarter of 2014, according to new state-by-state analysis from NCUA.

WATERFORD, Conn. — Charter Oak FCU is awarding more than $393,000 in cash bonuses to members as part of its Gold Rewards program, hitting a new record for the CU's member-appreciation efforts and bringing total returns to more than $1.6 million.

?Square Inc. has hired former Visa marketing executive Kevin Burke to lead its customer acquisition initiatives in retail, paid, Web and events marketing channels.??

Mobile security provider InAuth has hired Lisa Stanton to be its next chief executive.

Commonfund, an investment management firm in Wilton, Conn., has hired Catherine Keating as its chief executive.

OGDEN, Utah — Members at Goldenwest CU here earned a total of more than $1 million in bonus dividends paid out by the credit union for 2014.

GENEVA, N.Y. — Finger Lakes FCU President/CEO Kathy Crelot is stepping down after 15 years with the $102 million CU.

Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, has split the positions of president and chief executive, the company announced Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — NAFCU's board is meeting with senior officials of the Federal Reserve Thursday to discuss key credit union issues, as well as to present findings from trade's annual report on the movement.

Veteran banker Simon Williams has rejoined the board of Lending Club on the eve of its high-profile initial public offering.

Beal was a senior vice president in transaction management at Clayton Holdings and an advocate for tougher due diligence in residential mortgage-backed securities after the financial crisis.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., will have a new chief executive next year.

Santander Holdings USA in Boston has named T. Timothy Ryan as chairman of the company and its Santander Bank subsidiary.