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Members 1st FCU in Pa. sets up CEO succession

Members 1st FCU in Pa. sets up CEO succession

Members 1st Federal Credit Union in Enola, Pa., will soon have a new CEO. The $7 billion-asset credit union said in a press release that Mike Wilson will also become its president, effective July 1. Wilson is the credit union’s chief experience officer. Wilson will succeed George Nehodil, who has been president and CEO for the last six years. Nehodil announced plans to retire in September 2021. Wilson joined Members

June 6, 2023
BOK Financial entering San Antonio with key hires

BOK Financial entering San Antonio with key hires

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., has entered the San Antonio, Texas, market. The $46 billion-asset company said in a press release that its Bank of Texas division had hired Mark Johnson to serve as market chairman and Parker Hensley as market president. “We are thrilled to bring our brand of full-service, relationship-focused financial services to San Antonio,” Mark Wade, Bank of Texas’ CEO, said in the release. “We have been

June 5, 2023
Alabama, Virginia banks complete private placements

Alabama, Virginia banks complete private placements

Banks in Alabama and Virginia have raised capital through private placements. First Southern Bancshares in Florence, Ala., brought in $7 million through a May 22 private placement, according to data compiled by Performance Trust Capital Partners. First Southern Bank has $554 million of assets. ODNB Financial in Tysons Corner, Va., raised $1 million on May 30. ODNB is the parent of the $1.1 billion-asset Old Dominion National Bank. The report

June 5, 2023
Five Star enters San Francisco after hiring Signature team

Five Star enters San Francisco after hiring Signature team

Five Star Bancorp in Rancho Cordova, Calif., will enter San Francisco after hiring a commercial team from Signature Bank. The $3.4 billion-asset company said in a press release that DJ Kurtze will serve as region president for the San Francisco Bay Area. The release did not say how many lenders are on the team it hired. Kurtze previously served as a group director at Signature, according to his LinkedIn profile.

June 5, 2023
Essa in Pa. to pay $3M to address redlining claims

Essa in Pa. to pay $3M to address redlining claims

Essa Bancorp in Stroudsburg, Pa., will pay about $3 million to resolve redlining claims. The Justice Department said in a press release that the $2 billion-asset company’s bank agreed to a consent order addressing allegations it engaged in lending discrimination towards majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. The claims covered a period from 2017 to 2021. “This resolution makes clear our commitment to holding banks and financial institutions accountable for modern-day

June 5, 2023
Central Bancshares in Iowa to buy SENB Bank in Ill.

Central Bancshares in Iowa to buy SENB Bank in Ill.

Central Bancshares in Muscatine, Iowa, has agreed to buy McLaughlin Holding Co. in Moline, Ill. Central, the parent of the $1.1 billion-asset CBI Bank & Trust, said in a press release that it expects to buy the parent of the $341 million-asset SENB Bank in the third quarter. The price wasn’t disclosed. The systems conversions are expected to take place next year. “We are excited to partner with SENB Bank,”

June 2, 2023
Fed order sets standards for Silvergate liquidation

Fed order sets standards for Silvergate liquidation

The Federal Reserve ordered Silvergate Capital in La Jolla, Calif., to stick to its plan to liquidate itself. The Fed’s May 23 consent order gave the company 10 days to submit a self-liquidation plan that complies with California and federal requirements for shutting down. The order also requires quarterly reports on management’s progress. The order also bars Silvergate from destroying records and instructed bank executives to cooperate fully with an

June 2, 2023
Group plans de novo bank in California

Group plans de novo bank in California

A group in Los Altos, Calif., is looking to form a bank. Organizers of the proposed Entrust Bank filed an application on May 15 with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for deposit insurance. The application wasn’t immediately available. A public notice tied to the application lists seven organizers: Steven Chang, Jinsong Guo, Sanjeev Khagram, Shih-Wei Peng, John Rossell, Mark Tribbitt and Victoria Viso. Entrust would be a state-chartered bank. Chang

June 2, 2023