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Ronald R. Reed has resigned as chief executive of Citizens Independent Bancorp in Logan, Ohio, and its bank unit.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federally insured credit unions parlayed an improving economy in the second quarter of 2014 to the highest year-over-year loan growth since 2006, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the National Credit Union Administration.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City added banking veteran John Erickson to its board.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Will the risk-based capital rule increase the pace of credit-union-to-bank conversions? Only time — and the final rule — will tell. But most industry insiders and experts say it's unlikely that a significant number of credit unions will be rushing to make the switch.

Privately insured CUs will not pay a special premium assessment in 2014.

Credit union lending continues to be strong, with CUs showing their strongest loan numbers since 2005 during the second quarter of 2014.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., should save some money after deciding against filling a soon-to-be-vacant executive post.

Northwest Bancshares in Warren, Pa., has promoted two executives and eliminated a pair of high-level positions.

Josh Rossi is best known for starting the first Satoshi Square, a gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts who trade the virtual currency for cash in New York City's Union Square, in 2013. He has since brought his ideas to new companies and new parts of the world.

The $184 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that Ricky Brown had taken the reins at Branch Bank & Trust.

Rilla Delorier's successor as SunTrust's chief marketing officer is not from banking, but rather is a veteran of tech firms like NCR. Meet Susan Somersille Johnson.

How First National Bank of Green Forest in Arkansas became Anstaff Bank, in a rebranding with a family twist.

The search is on to replace Rich Weaver as commissioner of the Missouri Division of Finance.

Regional banks have been adding some serious firepower to their boards lately.

Keith Mestrich adds a CEO title, as Amalgamated Bank in New York finally announces a successor to Ed Grebow.

Dan Henry is in search of another "aha" moment. The former CEO of NetSpend is interested in staying in payments, but not necessarily in the prepaid cards niche.

SunTrust names Rilla Delorier's successor as CMO; Amalgamated settles on a new CEO, while NetSpend loses one; and lots of new high-profile board members at banks from New York to Hawaii.

ARLINGTON, Va. — NCUA has been stressing to credit unions for well over a year that they must pay attention to interest rate risk with rising rates on the horizon.

Polonia Bancorp in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has begun looking for a new president and chief executive to replace its retiring CEO Anthony Szuszczewicz.

Square and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has been in Ferguson, Mo., as part of the protests that followed the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, earlier this month.