MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 11, 2016– U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, has named John Steward president of its Retail Payment Solutions (RPS) division, which offers credit, debit and prepaid payment solutions to consumers and small businesses. The appointment follows earlier news of Tony Vuoto’s retirement at the end of Q1 […]
Tim Petty promoted to succeed him as market president in Kansas City MINNEAPOLIS & KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 10, 2016– Veteran banker and community leader Mark Jorgenson has been named head of U.S. Bank Community Banking. He will lead the bank’s 1,140 branch offices and 10,000 employees located in non-metropolitan communities throughout U.S. Bank’s 25-state […]
Pfizer will continue to manage its commercial operations through two distinct businesses – the innovative products business and the established products business – after the completion of the proposed transaction Pfizer continues to expect to make a decision about a potential separation of the combined company’s innovative and established businesses by no later than the […]
New Products & Tools to Compliment Small Business Solutions MINNEAPOLIS — February 4, 2016 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB) is the first bank in the nation to offer its small business customers access to MasterCard’s Business Network in a fully customized, consolidated website that provides offers, advice and tools designed to help […]
New alignment positions firm for next phase of growth RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — BB&T Capital Markets today announced it has named tenured bankers Bruce Kelleher and Jake Savage to key leadership roles. Kelleher will serve as head of Equity Investment Banking and Savage as head of the firm’s newly formed Capital Markets […]
Expands Direct-to-Consumer Platform Enhances Services for Financial Institutions, Agencies and Advisors ROSELAND, N.J., Feb.1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Crump Life Insurance Services announced today that effective Jan. 1, 2016, it acquired substantially all of the assets of The Life Insurance Center, dba Quick Life®. Quick Life is a leading direct-to-consumer (D2C) provider of life insurance and […]
Breakthrough Integrated Marketing Campaign Unveiled in Denver and Cincinnati Employees to Rally Communities in Nationwide Volunteer Relay MINNEAPOLIS, January 25, 2016 –(BUSINESS WIRE)– U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB), the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States, today unveils “the Power of Possible,” a new brand position, marking a modernized customer brand refresh stretching across the […]
CLEMMONS, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Sheffield Financial, a division of Branch Banking and Trust Company, and Polaris Sales Inc., a subsidiary of Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), have agreed to a five-year extension of their retail financing contract, effective Jan. 1, 2016. The agreement allows Sheffield to continue providing lending services to Polaris […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., and ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) and National Penn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: NPBC) today announced BB&T’s merger with National Penn is expected to close on or about April 1, 2016. The deadline for holders of National Penn common stock and certain National Penn equity awards to elect […]
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 19, 2016– U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States, announced today that Andrew Cecere, currently Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (COO), has been promoted to President. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Cecere will continue his responsibilities for U.S. Bank’s core […]