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Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s second-largest lender by assets, is cutting about 450 positions, mostly at its headquarters.

Chemical Financial was caught off guard by CEO David Ramaker's decision to retire. Fortunately, Chemical had retained Talmer Bancorp CEO David Provost after buying his bank a year earlier.

Vinny Lingham, founder and CEO of Civic, discusses the froth in cryptocurrency markets, the mania for "initial coin offerings," the right way to do token sales, the future of digital identity and the banking system's security failings.

Portable digital identities could improve customer experience, cut costs and generate revenue for banks. But who’s on the hook when something goes wrong?

SkyOne shuffles up its senior management team and more credit union executives in the news.

When brewery software provider OpHouse strated to grow, it turned to its CEO's connections in the tech incubator community to find a new payments gateway

David Provost will succeed David Ramaker as the Michigan company's CEO. Provost ran Talmer Bancorp, which Chemical bought last year.

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.