Community banking

Rebeca Romero Rainey, who has been on the job for less than a week, has already slammed postal banking and pressed for more regulatory relief. In a Q&A, she discusses her plans to foster innovation, tackle succession issues and encourage more banks to stay independent.

The House affirmed this week that it would move forward with a vote on a Senate bill overhauling parts of Dodd-Frank, but how far lawmakers push additional relief proposals is still unclear.

A planned stock offering by the French banking giant would lower its stake in First Hawaiian to 49.9%.

Eric Itambo will become chief banking officer of CoBank, where he will oversee all lending operations.

Financial Institutions agreed to buy HNP Capital, a wealth management firm near Rochester.