Customers Bancorp in West Reading, Pa., has sold a $500 million portfolio of unsecured consumer installment loans. The $20.3 billion-asset company disclosed in a regulatory filing that the loans were sold to an entity managed by a global asset manager with more than $100 billion in historical investment activity. The loans were sold at 99.5% of par value. Customers will continue to act as master servicer for the sold loans.

Taichung Commercial Bank in Taipei, Taiwan, plans to enter the U.S. with the acquisition of American Continental Bancorp in City of Industry, Calif. The $26 billion-asset Taichung Commercial said in a press release that it agreed to pay $82.1 million in cash for the $324 million-asset American Continental. The deal, which is expected to close early in the first quarter, priced the U.S. bank at 183% of its tangible book

A pair of key roles have changed at 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin in Greenfield. The $536 million-asset 1895 Bancorp said in a press release that David Ball, its president and chief operating officer, had become its CEO. Ball succeeded Richard Hurd, who stepped down as CEO to become executive vice president of strategic planning. Monica Brand, the company’s chief brand officer, succeeded Ball as chief operating officer. Separately, 1895 Bancorp

Evolve Bank & Trust in Memphis, Tenn., will pay about $1.3 million to settle claims that it engaged in lending discrimination on the basis of race, sex and national origin in the pricing of its mortgages from 2014 to 2019.  The Justice Department said in a press release Thursday that the $1.3 billion-asset bank will establish a $1.3 million settlement fund and pay a $50,000 civil penalty.    “This settlement

M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y., has agreed to sell its insurance agency to Arthur J. Gallagher. The $204 billion-asset bank said in a press release that it will sell M&T Insurance Agency in a deal that is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The price wasn’t disclosed.    The insurance agency specializes in property and casualty products, customized group benefits and surety solutions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Current

Bank Five Nine in Oconomowoc, Wis., will soon have a new CEO. The $1.5 billion-asset bank said in a LinkedIn post that Tim Schneider will also become its president in October. Schneider previously served as a senior vice president at Nicolet National Bank.    Before that, he was the CEO of Investors Community Bank in Manitowoc, Wis., which was sold to Nicolet last year.    “We conducted a national search

Six large U.S. banks will participate in a Federal Reserve pilot program designed to examine banks’ climate-related financial risks. The Fed said in a press release Thursday that Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo will participate in the program, which is expected to begin early next year.    The pilot is will likely end in late 2023.   The banks will analyze the

Brookline Bancorp in Boston will soon have a new bank CEO. The $8.5 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that William Tsonos will also become the president of Bank Rhode Island on Nov. 1. Tsonos, who joined Brookline in 2006, is the bank’s executive vice president of commercial lending.    Tsonos will succeed Mark Meiklejohn, who was named the company’s chief credit officer. Meiklejohn, who joined the bank