Practice management

Brian Wolfburg succeeds longtime leader Terry West, who retired earlier this year.

The name change reflects a Diebold corporate merger and the credit union's community charter.

David Ritchie, a regional manager for U.S. Bank, will succeed the retiring David Tabor in early November.

The OCC has terminated orders against three of Fulton's banks. The company and two other banks still have BSA-related orders.

Credit unions in both states have prepped offers for consumers who need to rehab their homes following this summer's hurricanes, but there are hurdles ahead, including rising competition and stringent regulations.

It's tough to be a bank director these days, as the public and elected officials hold the board responsible for misdeeds that occur on their watch. Turnover is up, and filling the seats is more of a challenge than ever.

One of the biggest challenges surrounding the ballot initiatives is voter turnout, which is often just 10 percent of registered voters in elections the year after a presidential contest.

Raddon's data- and results-driven Crystal Performance Awards go to credit unions that demonstrate high achievement on the firm's in-depth performance scorecard.

Banks tout their small-business lending services, but J.D. Power survey results suggest something's amiss. The solution is easy and old-school — but it costs money.

The bank’s 3Q results will make it harder for the CEO to win over some investors skeptical of his strategy to build up the investment bank, and he is already the subject of a whistleblower investigation by regulators.

The New Jersey company reported lower third-quarter profit that included severance costs from a two-year program to boost its bottom line.

The traditional community bank model of "being local and providing good service" no longer provides an competitive edge in a world dominated by online banking, according to Douglas Kennedy, CEO of Peapack-Gladstone.

The company, which agreed to buy Southwest Bancshares in Mobile, also plans to sell $45 million in stock to help fund the deal.

Jim Popp, formerly of JPMorgan Chase, will become CEO of Johnson Financial Group in Racine at yearend. He will succeed the retiring Jim Bolger.

The mutual, which agreed to buy First Colebrook Bancorp, had recently opened a limited-service branch in Portsmouth, N.H.

TCU Insurance Agency acquires Winey Insurance Agency, adds clients.

The $73 million CU is transitioning to a state charter to expand to other communities

A project set up to improve processes and boost internal efficiencies has saved TruChoice FCU more than $116,000 per year and earned the credit union a Best Practices Award from CU Journal.

The devastation and loss credit unions saw following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria should be a wake call for all financial institutions to have respective disaster recovery plans in place, but oddly the opposite sometimes holds true.

Increased investor appetite and the emergence of specialized debt ratings are expected to spur demand, and community banks are looking for ways to fund expansion and hedge against future economic downturns.