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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.

Founders FCU here has awarded more than $5.7 million in loyalty dividends to its members, bringing the credit union’s total loyalty dividends to $45 million paid out since 1992.

National Bank Holdings in Greenwood Village, Colo., has announced the retirement of director Lawrence Fish.

NEW YORK — Grameen America, a nonprofit microfinance organization that specializes in providing small business loans to low-income women, may seek to adopt a credit union structure.

Sheila Bair, a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has agreed to serve as a senior adviser to the law firm DLA Piper, focusing on its international practice, according to a memo obtained by American Banker.

Lateral moves can be a way for women in banking to expand their knowledge base and make themselves more appealing candidates for upper management positions, according to the head of TD Bank's consumer bank Nandita Bakhshi.

Bank of Bird-in-Hand in Pennsylvania has hired a president and chief executive.

Liberty Bell Bank in Marlton, N.J., has appointed a new chief executive as it continues to work through credit issues.

FDIC third quarter report shows pop in loan buybacks and indemnifications.

Banks and thrifts earned $38.7 billion in the third quarter, a 7.3% increase from a year earlier but slightly down from the $40.1 billion earned in the second quarter, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday.

Large foreign-owned banks continue to spread out across the U.S., as they turn over every stone looking for new revenue opportunities.

Millennial women are making great strides in the workforce, but still "channel their inner ninth grade insecure freshman when it comes to financial matters," according to Fidelity's head of personal investing.