Practice management

MasterCard has appointed Craig Vosburg to president of North America markets.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Xceed Financial Credit Union is preparing to launch a new CUSO offering an array of interrelated products and services primarily aimed at bolstering loan growth.

Flushing Financial in Uniondale, N.Y., has promoted newly hired executive Susan Cullen to chief financial officer.

Commonwealth Credit Union on Friday said it signed an agreement to become the “preferred credit union” for the University of Louisville and will serve the school’s faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Wells Fargo is ready to recruit more than 200 brokers from Credit Suisse's U.S. private banking unit set to close early next year, with the Swiss bank's blessing.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., has promoted its head of commercial banking to president of Webster Bank and its holding company.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has promoted Jennifer Simmons to chief operating officer and appointed her to the executive committee.

Filene Research Institute is soliciting existing, in-market products and programs in consideration for a new project.

American Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas, will promote two executives next year, after longtime chairman and chief executive Al Jones retires.

A new study sponsored by CUNA Councils suggests that credit unions would be better served if human resources departments worked directly with C-suite executives.

GLENDALE, Calif. -- California Credit Union has formed a title insurance company to handle both residential and commercial title needs.

One look at the industry's C-suite makes it obvious that banks need to mirror demographic shifts far better and faster.

Lafayette Federal Credit Union, a $391-million institution based in Kensington, Md., said it plans to merge CSC Employees Federal Credit Union, a $77-million institution based in Falls Church, Va. into Lafayette FCU.

Rep. Paul Ryan’s expected election as House Speaker this week may ultimately prove a boon for the financial services industry – especially for critics of the Dodd-Frank Act and the current mortgage finance system.

Northrim BanCorp in Anchorage, Alaska, will give its chief executive the additional title of chairman, as its current chairman to plans to retire at year end.

First he was an heir apparent to Jamie Dimon at the biggest bank in the U.S. Then he came close to getting the top job at Barclays, a company older than the U.S. itself. Three years later, Jes Staley is the closest he's ever been to getting a big bank's chief executive officer seat.

Guardian Credit Union in West Milwaukee, Wis., has formed a partnership with five colleges to offer a tuition discount program.

Credit unions based in some of the slowest- and fastest-growing markets share the strategies they’re using to make the most of the environments in which they’re operating.

SunTrust Banks has promoted its Atlanta market leader to a new position in wholesale banking and has named its first woman executive to lead the Atlanta market.

The Division of Financial Services for the State of Colorado has approved an application by Sooper Credit Union to add Jefferson County, Colo., to its field of membership (FOM).