Practice and client management

JPMorgan Chase gave its chairman and CEO a 1.6% hike in total compensation in 2019 after a second consecutive year of record profits.

The company will pay $211 million for a bank with 22 branches and $1.2 billion in assets.

Terry Turner at Pinnacle Financial says big banks in the city, including Truist Financial and Wells Fargo, are "vulnerable" to new competitors.

The Maine-based credit union's president has retired after 30 years at the institution.

While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

The Delray Beach-based institution will change its name later this year to better reflect the communities it serves and its growth beyond serving just IBM staff.

For the second time in six months, Birmingham Bloomfield CU is absorbing another nearby credit union that will operate as "a part of" BBCU.

The proposed merger will create a $10 billion-asset bank based in Nashville, Tenn.

The company will pay $29 million for Virginia Bank Bankshares.

Todd Hall takes the helm as president and CEO amid one of the credit union's biggest challenges in years: an ongoing lawsuit against Truist Financial.

If credit union lenders and underwriters aren't working collaboratively, they could be hindering growth opportunities.

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Justin Olson will take the helm from CEO Jim Lumpkin, who led the $90 billion-asset USAgencies for more than two decades.

The Southeast banks expect to complete their merger by midyear, hit their savings targets and still be able to invest in growth, according to Bryan Jordan.

Following a 44% jump in the number of CU-bank acquisitions in 2019, some observers believe the volume could plateau this year.

The company will pay $24 million in cash for Central Federal Bancshares.

The Colorado Banking Board may be the first regulator to ever block a credit union-bank merger.

Colorado's State Banking Board voted 6-1 to stop Elevations Credit Union from buying Cache Bank & Trust. This is believed to be the first time regulators have blocked such a deal.

Dennis Hanson, the credit union’s longest-serving chief executive, has announced his plans to retire. A new leader will take the helm in April.

The Massachusetts savings bank will gain branches in two communities as part of the acquisition.