Industry News
Industry News
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A group of religiously affiliated shareholders that had pushed the bank to write the report says it does not include the voices of key stakeholders. The report's recommendations, written by an outside law firm, touch on workforce diversity, customer remediation and preventing retaliation against employees.
March 15 -
JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Global Shares, a provider of cloud-based software for managing employee share plans, as the biggest U.S. bank scoops up firms to fend off competition.
March 15 -
Tim Hicks, the Arkansas company’s chief administrative officer, will succeed Greg McKinney as CFO in June. Meanwhile, Cindy Wolfe will be promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
March 15 -
The company rewarded Charlie Scharf after profit recovered and shares advanced more than most of its rivals last year. Still, Wells has nine public regulatory orders that remain in place, including a costly Federal Reserve-imposed asset cap.
March 14 -
The bank announced the departure of two longtime directors and the addition of four new board members. CEO Jerry Plush is becoming chairman as part of the shake-up.
March 14 -
The San Francisco bank promoted its president, Mike Roffler, to the top job. He succeeds founder Jim Herbert, who has been on medical leave and now becomes executive chairman.
March 14 -
In a survey last month, only one in 10 chief executives identified mergers as their top priority, while 77% pointed to organic growth. The sparse interest in dealmaking may be due to volatile markets, along with slower approvals from regulators.
March 14 -
M&T-People's closing date set, U.S. Bank's WNBA deal and more in banking news this week.
March 11 -
Citigroup’s Greg Girasole and Alex Kriete, who were tapped by the bank last year to oversee a new digital-assets group inside its wealth management division, are departing.
March 11 -
Emma Hayes, who is also the chief diversity officer for the African American Credit Union Coalition will take the lead on programs to further diversity, equity and inclusion for the Raleigh, North Carolina, credit union.
March 11 -
The deal for Horizon Community Bank in Arizona is the fifth instance of a credit union agreeing to buy a bank this year, and the second such deal for the Phoenix credit union, which bought Pinnacle Bank in 2019.
March 10 -
Prosecutors say Rafael Martinez and his company, MBE Capital, used false information to reap more than $71 million in fees from loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program.
March 10 -
Spike Henderson was most recently a regional president at Equity Bank in Kansas.
March 10 -
JPMorgan Chase is actively unwinding its Russia business, joining Goldman Sachs Group in pulling back in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine last month.
March 10 -
Goldman Sachs Group said it plans to close its operations in Russia, the first major Wall Street bank to leave in response to the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.
March 10 -
Gibbons, who became CEO of Bank of New York Mellon in 2019, is retiring on Aug. 31. Robin Vince, who leads the trust bank's global market infrastructure division, will be his successor.
March 10 -
Lynn Fuller, whose family has held leadership roles at the Iowa bank for nearly 60 years, blasted a plan to consolidate the company’s 11 banking charters and advocated for the sale of the organization.
March 9 -
Samantha Beeler, the league's incoming president, is currently vice president of advocacy for the Northwest Credit Union Association.
March 9 -
Citigroup, in the midst of overhauling its businesses in Russia when the country went to war, has seen efforts to sell a consumer banking unit there stall and is helping some employees transfer abroad.
March 9 -
Key advocacy organizations are negotiating a community benefits agreement with Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp. Until a deal is reached, they are vowing not to back approval of the $8 billion acquisition.
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