MidFirst Bank enters into a definitive agreement with Amerant Bank
MidFirst Bank, a privately owned bank in the nation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Houston, Texas banking locations of Amerant Bank, the main subsidiary of Amerant Bancorp Inc. Upon closing expected later this year, MidFirst will add six Amerant Bank locations to the Company’s footprint and will gain Amerant’s Houston client […]
VTech to acquire assets of Gigaset Communications GmbH
VTech Holdings Limited, a global leader in electronic learning products from infancy through toddler and preschool and the largest manufacturer of residential phones in the United States, today announced that Snom Solutions GmbH, its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into an Assets Purchase Agreement to acquire the assets (including the manufacturing facilities located in Bocholt, Germany) of Gigaset […]
Ledyard welcome Charles Petersen to its Board of Directors
Ledyard Financial Group, the holding company for Ledyard National Bank, announced that Charles M. Petersen has joined its Board of Directors, effective September 21, 2023. Charles is the former President, CEO and Director of Biddeford Savings Bank, a $500 million mutual bank serving York and southern Cumberland counties in Maine. During his ten-year tenure, he […]
HSBC welcomes Racquel Oden as Head of Wealth and Personal Banking
HSBC USA recently announced that Racquel Oden has been appointed Head of Wealth and Personal Banking. In this role, she will oversee the bank’s wealth management, global private banking and retail businesses in the US. She will join the bank in December. Based in New York, Oden will report to Michael Roberts, CEO, US and […]
Cebuana Lhuillier Bank selects Temenos to expand rural banking services in Philippines
Temenos announced recently that Cebuana Lhuillier Bank , a rural banks in the Philippines, has selected Temenos to modernize its core banking platform to help this A bank serving 7 million Filipinos launched new banking products quickly and expanded efficiently. Cebuana Lhuillier Bank aims to expand its product range with Temenos and increase the number […]
Santa Cruz County Bank welcomes Shawn Lipman as Chief Credit Officer
Santa Cruz County Bank with assets over $1.75 billion, is a top-rated community bank headquartered in Santa Cruz County. Today the Bank announced Shawn Lipman, who has worked for the Bank since 2011, will succeed Susan Just as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Ms. Just has served in the Chief Credit Officer role for the past two years and is […]
GAT Investment Bank enters into a partnership with Currencycloud
Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with Malaysia-based GAT Investment Bank to launch GAT Money, an app offering an alternative solution to new clients who need a global banking solution which offers access to competitive FX rates and an extensive cross-border collections and payments network, all in one place. With […]
REYL Intesa Sanpaolo acquires Carnegie Fund Services
REYL Intesa Sanpaolo (“REYL”) announced the acquisition of Carnegie Fund Services SA (“Carnegie”), one of Switzerland’s leading Swiss Fund Representatives. Founded in 2003, Carnegie services clients encompassing fund management companies, boutique firms and large global asset management groups based in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Today, it acts as a Swiss representative for over 100 global investment managers and over […]
i2c Inc. names Jacqueline White as President
i2c Inc., a leading provider of digital banking and payments solutions, yesterday announced the appointment of Jacqueline White as President. In this role, Jacqueline will assume responsibility for accelerating the growth of i2c’s global sales and partnerships, reporting directly to Amir Wain, Founder & CEO. Jaqueline is a seasoned executive, having held global senior leadership […]
Huawei Cloud launches cloud native core banking solution
In this digital age, with data growing from clouds at an incredible speed, more and more enterprises have been investing in using cloud native technologies to boost productivity and portability and to improve security, performance, predictability. Using container clusters to establish a cloud native foundation has become a consensus in the industry. On June 7, William Dong, […]