Practice and client management

Current EVP Martin Bradley will take the helm on Sept. 1.

With interest in these cross-industry deals growing, the CU credited with the first whole-bank acquisition is launching a CUSO to facilitate the process.

The offering would be a big milestone for Byline Bancorp, which was recapitalized in 2013 by a group led by former Banco Popular North America CEO Roberto Herencia.

Narcissistic biases can lead us to favor those who look like us or have similar backgrounds or other common bonds. This inevitably affects the quality of hiring and risk management decisions.

Pinnacle Financial Partners closed in on $20 billion in assets by buying BNC. It now has to integrate the North Carolina bank, while finding ways to boost profit and adapt to increased regulatory burden.

Credit unions and other industry stakeholders announce new board members

Digital banking executives such as B of A's Michelle Moore love apps like those offered by Pottery Barn and Starbucks for their ability to connect the physical and digital worlds.

Jonathan Oliver succeeds Stephen Stapp, who left SF FCU in 2016 to take the helm at Unitus Community CU in Portland, Ore.

There is an expanding array of choices to reduce paper checking, add speed and reduce cost from billing.

The moves could position Christopher Gorman and Don Kimble as potential successors to CEO Beth Mooney.

Matthew Zames, the bank's COO, is leaving because Jamie Dimon doesn't look like he is; Financial overhaul bill passes along party lines but is unlikely to be the last word on regulatory reform.

A number of credit unions appointed and elected new boards and supervisory committees and promoted executives.

The duties of Matt Zames, whose departure was announced Thursday, will be split up among several members of JPMorgan Chase’s operating committee.

Here are 10 banks the investment banking firm KBW says are ripe M&A targets because they are in hot markets, face various growth challenges that make them vulnerable or have private-equity owners looking to cash out.

Stuart Scott was apprehended at the request of the American government as part of a probe into foreign-exchange-trading practices.

Bill would replace much of Dodd-Frank but is unlikely to become law; online retailer is expected to expand Amazon Lending program to small businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Japan.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has announced Kim Averill as the new head of the Iowa Division of Credit Unions, replacing retiring JoAnn Johnson.

Keeping up a long-running trend, the number of federally insured CUs declined to 5,737 in Q1 2017 from 5,954 in Q1 2016.

Two credit unions tap new seconds-in-command and more new hires, accolades and promotions.

Citizens Financial is going out of market to find midsize businesses in need of credit or advisory services in uncertain times. It is a good example of the resiliency that regional banks are showing amid softer loan demand, Washington gridlock and still-low interest rates.