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Kent Oram will step down on Dec. 31 after more than 15 years as president and chief executive of ICCU.

Pushes for transparency on charitable donations and ghost guns, among others, were voted down.

Goldman Sachs Group plans to anchor a new office tower in Dallas that would hold thousands of employees, part of the bank’s expansion beyond its Manhattan base.

Court-appointed custodian Alfred Putnam is seeking an extension of nearly three weeks to give more groups time to nominate candidates for a vacant board seat at the Philadelphia bank and solicit proxies from investors before a special meeting.

Bruce Leighton will step down as president and chief executive in September.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce expects its U.S. commercial banking and wealth management business to provide the fastest sales growth over the next three years.

VersaBank, which recently announced a deal for a tiny Minnesota bank, says volatility will increase demand for its loans. “Traditionally, we’ve grown rapidly when our point-of-sale financing partners have trouble raising financing,” said CEO David Taylor.

Derek Meyer and Bryan Carson, former colleagues of Associated CEO Andy Harmening at Huntington Bancshares, will bring a combined six decades of experience to the Wisconsin company as it seeks steady hands in a turbulent market.

Richard Gold has held a variety of top jobs at the Buffalo, New York, bank during a three decade-plus career. Planning is underway to appoint his successor.

The Dallas bank is joining the branch-consolidation trend that has accelerated during the pandemic, announcing plans to shutter 22 branches in Michigan, Texas and California.

Benson Porter will conclude more than 10 years at the helm of BECU, the fourth-largest credit union in the country.

Edwin L. Williams, who has been at the helm since 1997, will step down as president and chief executive at the end of the year.

The North Carolina bank’s wealth arm now operates in nine of the 10 largest U.S. markets.

John Madigan, a Citigroup veteran, is leading one of five new private-client banking groups at Signature Bank. The moves are designed to enable the company to expand its footprint throughout metro New York.

The Pittsburgh company is adjusting the structure of a unit that has a national reach following the acquisition of most of BBVA’s U.S. operations. PNC has also named Jennifer Lee as the private bank’s head of U.S. markets.

Credit Suisse Group Chief Executive Thomas Gottstein batted away questions on whether the bank is a takeover target and said he’s still holding out hope for a profitable second quarter.

Amy Bonitatibus will succeed Barri Rafferty, who left the San Francisco bank in early May.

PayPal Holdings will let users transfer certain cryptocurrencies to other customers, exchanges and external wallets, a new service that’s part of the company’s effort to boost use of its app.

Citigroup plans to hire more than 4,000 tech staff to help move its institutional clients online in the wake of the pandemic.

Linda White, who has led Upward for more than 24 years, will step down Sept. 1.