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Benchmark Community Bank, parent announce next CEO
Kenbridge-based holding company Benchmark Bankshares and its bank, Benchmark Community Bank, will have a new leader at the start of the new year. Jay A. Stafford, president and CEO of the holding company and CEO of Benchmark Community Bank, will retire Dec. 31. He will also retire from the bank’s and company’s boards of directors, […]
Fed’s Fifth District economy shrinks slightly
The economy in the Federal Reserve‘s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) contracted slightly in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions g[...]
Old Point National Bank hires new CFO
Hampton-based Old Point Financial has named Paul M. Pickett senior vice president and chief financial officer of Old Point National Bank, effective Oct. 24, the bank announced Wednesday. Pickett joins Old Point National Bank from Richlands-based First Sentinel Bank, a subsidiary of First Region Bancshares, where he had also been chief financial officer and senior […]
Atlantic Union CEO tapped as American Bankers Assoc. chair-elect
Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John C. Asbury is the 2023-2024 chair-elect for the American Bankers Association. ABA announced its new board officers and directors on Tuesday, following its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Asbury was the ABA’s 2022-2023 vice chair. He’s a past chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association and the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of […]
Primis Bank names new president
Rick A. Fulk has been promoted to president of Glen Allen-based Primis Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of McLean-based Primis Financial, the bank announced Wednesday. “Rick’s promotion to president of our most important division is an exciting moment for our company and demonstrates our commitment to have the bank be the primary driver of our […]
Making bank
Suffolk-based TowneBank continued to lead Hampton Roads with the largest market share in fiscal 2022, 25.67%, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s June 30, 2022, report. However, that figure declined from fiscal 2021, when the bank held a 27.49% market share. Meanwhile, Charlotte, North Carolina-based Truist Bank is threatening to close in on that […]
Bank of America names new Hampton Roads president
Tyrone Noel has been named president of the Hampton Roads region for Bank of America, the bank announced Thursday. As president, Noel will lead 500 employees and operations across the Hampton Roads market and be responsible for growing market share and driving integration across the bank’s eight business lines. He will also lead the bank’s […]
Wells Fargo to launch $87M expansion in Roanoke County
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo will spend $87 million to modernize and expand its Roanoke County customer support center, adding 1,100 jobs in a deal that will make the bank the county’s largest employer. The deal is also the largest project employment announcement in the county’s history, as well as its largest commercial office investment, Gov. […]
Surge of credit card defaults ahead?
Americans owe an all-time high of nearly $1 trillion on their credit cards, setting the stage for a possible surge in consumer delinquencies and defaults. “There are nascent signs of trouble brewing,” investment firm Glenmede Trust Co. warned in an April research note. “An ever–larger share of credit balances have transitioned to early stages of […]
Building equity
When BB&T recruited Thomas Ransom, a Black economics student at Hampden-Sydney College, to join its management development program in the late 1990s, he quickly had to pick up the world of banking and its culture. The Urbanna native says he’d never met a banker before starting at BB&T and certainly didn’t know what moves to […]
Atlantic Union to acquire American National Bank
Updated 4:15 p.m. July 25 Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank‘s parent company announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire American National Bankshares Inc., which is headquartered in Danville and is the holding company of American National Bank and Trust Co. The combined bank will have total assets of $23.7 billion as of […]
TowneBank hires chief risk officer, senior EVP
Suffolk-based TowneBank appointed Ernest Piccioli as senior executive vice president and chief risk officer, the bank announced Monday. Piccioli is based at TowneBank’s headquarters. As chief risk officer, he will be responsible for governance of the company’s risk programs and oversee risk management, vendor management, credit review and appraisal services. “Having Ernest aboard as [...]
