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East West Bancorp in Pasadena, Calif., said higher income taxes and lower interest income were partly to blame for a 3.87% drop, to $91.8 million, in its fourth-quarter profit.

The $649 million-asset holding company for Malvern Federal Savings Bank promoted Karen Walter to chief operating officer.

The number of men involved with gender diversity efforts is falling, according to a report Mercer plans to release Wednesday.

Twitter Inc. named Leslie Berland chief marketing officer as it undergoes a major overhaul of its top ranks in an effort to reboot growth.

PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh has tapped Karen Larrimer to lead its retail banking division.

Visa has nabbed an executive from the media company Time Inc. to be its chief marketing and communications officer.

International events like the Davos economic forum should remind business leaders of the importance of being stewards and of having workforce diversity.

Payne, who was promoted from director of corporate risk services, began her new role Jan. 1. She succeeded Dave Kling, who retired, the $18 billion-asset bank said.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank in New York has named Dale Fredston, a former general counsel at Sterling Bancorp in Montebello, N.Y., to its board of directors.