Practice and client management

Financial services firms are focusing on essential risk-related priorities, but must not lose sight of the importance of innovative technologies that drive business forward.

Derrick Bailey, the Ohio credit union's president, will become chief executive as expected. He will succeed Leslie Bumgarner, who announced her plans to retire last year, on July 1.

TD Bank estimates it hands out 20 million pens every year. Huntington is getting close to offering its 80 millionth pen. It's a way to get a bank's brand to travel with customers across the globe, but is it worth it?

The Canadian-owned bank is retiring its Hubert the Lion mascot, which Harris Bank originated more than a century ago. Other furry representatives have also faded out as the banking industry has become more nationalized.

Even the newest technological innovation cannot beat personal interactions when it comes to forging a deep and meaningful association with clients, which typically lasts for years.

The Columbus, Ohio, bank hopes both to reduce costs and increase revenue by consolidating three segments into a single unit. Huntington is particularly focused on building out its wealth management business.

Andrew J. Mullins III succeeded Kelly Smith as president and CEO this month. Smith has been interim CEO since 2019.

Domestic banks borrowed $7.2 billion from the short-term lending facility in the third quarter of 2022, the highest level in almost two years. Banks with assets of $3 billion or less drove the increase.

The San Francisco bank entered into a multiyear partnership with Choice Hotels, which operates brands such as Radisson, Comfort and Econo Lodge. The company had previously partnered on its credit cards with Barclays.

Darius Wise was tapped to become the credit union's chief executive in full, after holding the role of interim CEO since May 2022.

The two banks are now targeting May 27, three months later than their previous goal. The transaction, which would create a top-six U.S. bank by asset size, was originally expected to be completed last fall.

The agency needs to demonstrate the moral courage necessary to break up unmanageably large banks.

Schulman, president and CEO of PayPal since 2014, will leave at the end of 2023. He will continue to serve on the company's board and will join in its search for a successor, the company said.

Ronald Celaschi will succeed Brad Warner, who announced his intention to retire last year.

Goldman Sachs, Capital One and New York Community Bank are shrinking their workforces, and other banks are planning to do the same. Whether such reductions become more widespread will depend largely on loan demand in 2023, according to analysts.

Primis Financial in McLean believes its multimillion-dollar investment in a subsidiary that makes online loans to doctors, dentists and veterinarians will begin paying off this year, after build-out costs weighed on the bottom line in 2021 and 2022.