Banks say easing rules on people with some criminal records will diversify the applicant pool; deal with Synchrony may be near.

The cold, hard truth of bank mergers is that rivals often steal top producers and convince customers the bigger bank won’t care about them anymore. The CEOs of the merging banks explain their retention efforts.

Daniel J. Machon Jr., who was previously the CEO of Stonebridge Bank, has taken the helm at the West Chester, Pa.-based institution.

Douglas Ankrom, who is currently chief financial officer at the Belpre, Ohio-based institution, will take over for Michael Iaderosa, who will retire later this year.

Executives at the Tennessee banks are using the biggest bank merger in a decade to aggressively recruit lenders and clients in Southeastern markets.

A mortgage advisor, a chief legal counsel and a vice president of member experience were just some of the appointments credit unions have recently made.

George McNichols helped build the Indiana-based institution from $10 million in assets in 1984 to $554 million today.

In the MeToo era, financial firms the world over are struggling to handle complaints of sexual harassment. A case in point: HSBC.

Tanya Hobson will take over for Mechelle Johnson, who will step down in June after 24 years at the helm of the South Dakota-based institution.

Credit unions have promoted and hired employees in a variety of areas, including membership experience and operations, marketing, real estate lending and collections.