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Community banking association head Yeakel to retire; successor named
Steve Yeakel, president and CEO of the Henrico County-based Virginia Association of Community Banks, announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of the year, and will be succeeded by Corey Connors, executive director of the Virginia Forestry Association. Connors will join the professional organization in September and assume dut[...]
Va. job creation up in July, but filling jobs remains challenge
Total payroll employment in Virginia grew by 4,800 jobs in July, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported in its regional economic snapshot Friday, but some employers are having difficulty filling jobs. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey released Tuesday said that the number of hires in Virginia in June dropped by 33,[...]
Appalachian Community Capital to launch Green Bank
Appalachian Community Capital, the Christiansburg-based community development financial institution for the Appalachian Valley, plans to launch the Green Bank for Rural America with a $500 million award from the Environmental Protection Agency, it announced Friday. Focused on financing up to 2,000 new energy projects that could [...]
Glen Allen’s Dynex Capital names co-CEO
Glen Allen’s Dynex Capital has named Smriti Laxman Popenoe its co-CEO, the real estate investment trust announced in July. With more than three decades of experience in capital markets and investing, Popenoe will lead with Byron Boston, who remains chairman and co-CEO. Popenoe also will remain president and chief investment [...]
Virginia Credit Union-Member One merger approved
Virginia Credit Union’s merger with Roanoke-based Member One Federal Credit Union was finalized Thursday, following a vote by Member One’s customers to approve the deal announced in January. Effective Thursday, Member One becomes a division of VACU “as the organization works toward full integration of its syste[...]
Merger mania
Banking mergers and acquisitions are picking back up again after the slowest year in recent history, and Virginia is no exception. Last year marked a modern low in merger and acquisition activity, with only 98 deals completed nationwide. That’s not just the lowest level of activity since the pandemic — it’s the slowest yea[...]
Grant Thornton taps new D.C. market managing principal
William “Bill” Marx Jr. is Grant Thornton’s new market managing principal for the Washington, D.C., area, the Chicago-based U.S. arm of the global accounting firm network announced Wednesday. Marx succeeds Greg Wallig, who was the company’s metro D.C.-Arlington County market managing principal and added the role of publi[...]
Maryland and Virginia bankers associations merge
The Maryland Bankers Association and the Virginia Bankers Association have merged, creating the Mid-Atlantic Bankers Association holding company, according to an announcement Monday. The Mid-Atlantic Bankers Association will serve as a holding company headquartered in Glen Allen, and MBA and VBA will operate as subsidiaries. A[...]
Barkin: Still a waiting game for interest rates’ effect on inflation
The U.S. economy has yet to feel the effects of current interest rates, but it eventually will, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Tom Barkin predicted Thursday during an event held by the Risk Management Association’s Richmond chapter in the city’s East End. “I’m optimistic that we’ve gotten rates [...]
These 39 Va. companies made the 2024 Fortune 1000
Thirty-nine companies headquartered in Virginia are on Fortune magazine’s 70th annual Fortune 1000 list, with 24 Virginia companies again making the elite Fortune 500. Several of the Virginia companies saw their fortunes rise this year on the list, with top-ranked Virginia company Freddie Mac moving up nine spots to No. 36 on [...]
Fed’s Fifth District shows modest economic growth
The economy in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) grew modestly in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released May 29. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based[...]
Reality bites
Gen Xers are next in line for retirement, and most are far from being prepared financially for their golden years. They face a substantial shortfall of funds needed for retirement and the largest savings gap of any generation. “As the first generation to head into retirement largely without the safety net of a defined benefit [...]
