FDIC: Personnel Changes Announced at Agency
Chief Information Officer The FDIC Board has appointed Howard Whyte as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Whyte has more than 20 years of information technology and security experience in the federal government, military, and private sector. Since January 2017, Mr. Whyte has been the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the FDIC. In that role, he…
ABA: Texas Banker Names as New ABA Chairman
Kenneth L. Burgess, Jr. has been elected chairman of the American Bankers Association for the 2017-2018 association year. Burgess is also the chairman of FirstCapital Bank of Texas, a locally owned and managed independent community bank, currently holding more than $1 billion in assets. “Banks of all sizes — no matter how big or how…
ABA: Officers, Board Elected for 2017-2018
Members attending the American Bankers Association’s annual convention in Chicago, have elected new ABA officers and directors to serve on ABA’s board for the 2017–2018 association year. The new officers are: CHAIRMAN: Kenneth L. Burgess, Jr., chairman, FirstCapital Bank of Texas, Midland, Texas; CHAIRMAN-ELECT: Jeffrey M. Szyperski, chairman, president and CEO, Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, Va.;…
CDFI Fund: FY 2017 Funding Round Of BEA Program Open
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2017 application round for the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). Application materials are now available on the BEA Program page of the CDFI Fund’s website in anticipation the publication of the FY 2017 Notice of…
ABA: Officers, Board Nominated for 2017-2018
The American Bankers Association’s Nominating Committee has selected the official slate of candidates for election at the association’s annual convention to be held in Chicago, October 15-17. The committee, chaired by R. Daniel Blanton, senior executive vice president, South State Bank in Augusta, Ga., nominated the following candidates for ABA officer positions: CHAIRMAN: Kenneth L….