Practice and client management

While competitors are turning to traditional mergers and acquisitions to build market share and boost profits, Cleveland-based KeyBank is betting it can keep pace by rolling out a digital bank for affluent doctors and dentists.

David Bunch joined the Maryland credit union as a member in 1979 and has worked there since 1987. He was appointed to lead the organization in 1996.

The credit union service organization's newest chief executive took the helm April 1 and a new name for the company will debut in June.

One in five Americans started banking with a new financial institution while dealing with economic hardships over the past year. But data suggests the relationships are tenuous and competition for customer loyalty will intensify.

The Illinois company would gain its first two branches in Winnebago County as part of the deal.

Organizers of the Florida de novo will need to raise $17 million in capital before opening.

The California company will gain $4 billion of low-cost deposits with its $250 million acquisition of the homeowners association services division.

Brees, who recently retired as the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is a customer of the Louisiana banking company.

Stephanie Sherrodd, who has led the Texas credit union since 2012, will leave at the end of April to pursue other opportunities.

United Neighbors Federal Credit Union holds just $4.4 million of assets, but the addition will help broaden SeaComm's branch network and expand its member base.

The credit union has made a four-year commitment to support the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and Greenwood Rising, a local history center.

Over the past year, bankers have been able to sit back and field calls from borrowers eager to take advantage of low rates. Now, with rates rising, many in the industry will likely adopt a more aggressive approach.

Sam Sidhu, whose father is CEO Jay Sidhu, will become president and chief executive of Customers Bank in July.

Peoples Bancorp will pay $292 million for the West Virginia company. It also announced it's buying a leasing company in Vermont.

The Colorado credit union has pledged to match at least $50,000 in donations to a local foundation assisting with the community's recovery following a mass shooting at a grocery store that left 10 people dead.

Matthew Gehman will take the helm at the Lancaster, Pa., institution on April 1, succeeding W. Kent Hartzler, who has been CEO since 2007.

Four months into the job, Charles Shaffer has struck a deal for Legacy Bank of Florida and is eyeing more acquisitions. His predecessor, Dennis Hudson III, built Seacoast with more than a dozen buyouts across the Sunshine State.