Career moves

Wells Fargo hires payments vet Colleen Taylor to lead merchant services

08/12/19

Former Mastercard and longtime bank executive Colleen Taylor has joined Wells Fargo, where she will oversee the bank's merchant services strategy.

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New Ameris chief puts M&A on hold to focus on Atlanta growth

08/08/19

Palmer Proctor, who took over at Ameris after it bought Fidelity Southern, where he was also CEO, says more deals would be a "distraction."

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JPMorgan senior banker Karen Simon to leave after 36 years

08/08/19

Simon most recently led JPMorgan's director advisory services team, which helps company boards find new members. She'll be retiring at the end of the summer.

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VisionBank team scraps plan for new Washington bank

08/06/19

Melinda McClure and Richard Horn have joined the management team at Old Dominion Bank in northern Virginia after struggling to raise enough capital for their de novo effort.

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HSBC CEO John Flint steps down after less than two years in role

08/04/19

Flint will be replaced on an interim basis by Noel Quinn, head of global commercial banking. The lender, which also released its latest quarterly results several hours earlier than scheduled, didn’t give a reason for the decision.

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Wells Fargo creates new roles in latest effort to satisfy regulators

07/31/19

The San Francisco bank is moving two executives into new positions who will report to consumer banking head Mary Mack.

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Santander, HSBC and Cross River Bank: Bankers on the move

07/28/19

During a slow summer, a handful of banks managed to hire away multiple executives from competitors and introduce new leadership.

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Truist clears hurdle, new Santander CEO, fintechs' retirement fix: Top stories of the week

07/26/19

House lawmakers go light on BB&T-SunTrust merger; Santander Bank names longtime MUFG Union executive its CEO; the fintechs trying to solve America's retirement problem; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Morgan Stanley tries the cloud; Santander-Orcel feud escalates

07/26/19

“Digital Vault” will allow customers to store encrypted documents on third-party servers; bank accuses Orcel of misdeeds.

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Goldman invests in tech; PayPal lowers its profit forecast

07/25/19

The firm joins $40 billion “technology megafund” sponsored by SoftBank Group; company says partnerships are taking longer than expected to bear fruit.

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