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Cape Cod Five Cents names new CEO

Cape Cod Five Cents names new CEO

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Hyannis, Mass., has new leadership. The $4.6 billion-asset bank said last week that Matt Burke had become its CEO, while Bert Talerman was named its president. They each succeeded Dorothy Savarese, who will remain executive chairman for one more year. “Cape Cod 5 is an organization whose purpose and mission I have believed in since joining the bank 10 years ago, and I look forward

May 23, 2022
First Northern in California lines up next CEO

First Northern in California lines up next CEO

First Northern Community Bancorp in Dixon, Calif., is preparing for its next leader. The $1.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Friday that Louise Walker will retire as president and CEO on Dec. 31. Jeremiah Smith, First Northern’s chief operating officer, will succeed Walker on Jan. 1. Walker will remain the company’s board, while Smith will become a director when he is promoted. “After 12 years as CEO, navigating some of the most challenging

May 20, 2022
Ames National in Iowa selects next chairman

Ames National in Iowa selects next chairman

Ames National in Iowa has a new chairman. The parent of the $1.1 billion-asset First National Bank said in a press release that Thomas Pohlman had stepped down after five years as its chairman. He was succeeded by Patrick Hagan. Pohlman, who has been on the board for 15 years, will remain a director until he reaches the mandatory retirement age next April. Hagan, a retired executive at Fareway Stores, has been an

May 20, 2022
Truist CFO Daryl Bible to retire

Truist CFO Daryl Bible to retire

Truist Financial in Charlotte, N.C., is looking for its next chief financial officer. The $544 billion-asset company said in a press release Friday that Daryl Bible will retire as its CFO. He will remain at Truist until they hire his successor. “Daryl has played an instrumental role in the success of our merger of equals—one of the largest financial services mergers in recent history,” Bill Rogers, Truist’s chairman and CEO, said in

May 20, 2022
Coastal Financial hires outsider as president

Coastal Financial hires outsider as president

Coastal Financial in Everett, Wash., has a new president. The $2.8 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that it had hired Curt Queyrouze for the post. He succeeded Eric Sprink, who remains CEO. Queyrouze previously served as president and CEO of TAB Bank in Utah. “As Coastal becomes a more complex and rapidly growing bank, with both our community bank and our Banking as a Service (BaaS) division … we are

May 19, 2022
Women-owned bank set to debut in Houston

Women-owned bank set to debut in Houston

Agility Bank, a proposed women-owned de novo bank with a digital focus, is set to open next week.Organizers of the women-run bank, which is planned to open in Houston, made the announcement in a Wednesday press release. The bank will open with $35 million in initial capital. The group behind the nationally chartered bank filed its initial application in April 2020.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. provided conditional approval for deposit

May 19, 2022
Republic First CEO sues Republic First

Republic First CEO sues Republic First

Vernon Hill has filed a lawsuit against Republic First Bancorp in Philadelphia – where he is the CEO.Hill’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, is seeking a temporary restraining order to block the $5.7 billion-asset company’s board from conducting business without a quorum, communicating with bank employees or “taking any other actions that will disturb the status quo on the board.” Hill was replaced

May 19, 2022
BayFirst closes three mortgage-origination offices

BayFirst closes three mortgage-origination offices

BayFirst Financial in St. Petersburg, Fla., has closed three mortgage offices after shutting down its primary consumer direct mortgage business. The $889 million-asset company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the closure was part of a broader restructuring of its residential mortgage division. BayFirst closed residential loan production offices in Overland Park, Kan.; New Albany, Ohio; and Tampa, Fla. The restructure reflects "reduced volume due to a lack of refinance demand

May 19, 2022