Career moves

Trump to meet with Wall Street CEOs; Scharf pledges urgent reform

03/11/20

Leaders to parlay with president as banks worldwide offer to aid customers; Wells CEO says the bank will be run “fundamentally differently” than in the past.

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Promontory Interfinancial adds two industry veterans to its board

03/09/20

The network offering an array of vendor services to member banks named former trade group chiefs Camden Fine and Ed Yingling to its board and has hired former American Banker Editor-in-Chief Rob Blackwell as chief content officer and head of external affairs.

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Former CFPB official to return to bureau as acting deputy chief

03/04/20

Leonard Chanin, a senior official at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has been tapped to serve on a part-time basis as the No. 2 official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a news report.

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Coronavirus is latest test for Europe’s banks; UBS CEO heading to Swiss Re

03/03/20

The disease could lead to less lending business and more loan defaults; Sergio Ermotti will join the insurance company as chairman in 2021.

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CFPB's No. 2 to leave agency for law firm

02/25/20

Deputy Director Brian Johnson spent more than two years serving under two separate CFPB directors. He will become a partner at Alston & Bird LLP next month.

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Trump to name former HUD official as FHA commissioner

02/20/20

Dana Wade would succeed Brian Montgomery, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Freddie Mac names Donna Corley as head of single-family

02/20/20

Freddie Mac elevated Corley to executive vice president and head of its single-family business, putting her permanently in the role she occupied since last October.

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The API race, CFPB vs. Citizens, Varo's bank charter: Top stories of the week

02/14/20

Wells Fargo appears to be outpacing its rivals in the API race; CFPB's unexpected showdown with Citizens; Varo gets vital FDIC OK for bank charter; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Scharf overhauls Wells Fargo’s structure; CECL could be a boon for banks

02/12/20

Bank will have more business lines, all reporting to the CEO; a research paper says the accounting rule could result in eased capital rules.

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Wells Fargo hires another JPMorgan exec as shake-up continues

02/11/20

Mike Weinbach will lead consumer lending as part of a reorganization that will change the responsibilities of three longtime bank executives.

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