The Banner Bank executive leadership team is pleased to announce Craig Miller has joined the Bank as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In this role, Miller is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal functions and is a member of the Executive Management Committee. This is a new position at the company.

For 35 years, Miller was a senior litigation partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle. Just prior to joining Banner Bank, he was Of Counsel with the firm Rose Joneson Vargas in American Samoa.

Syncora Holdings Ltd. ("SHL" or the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Syncora Holdings US Inc. ("SHI"), announced today that SHI completed its previously announced restructuring transactions, including the private exchange offers for Syncora Guarantee Inc.'s ("SGI") outstanding 6% Surplus Notes due 2024 and SGI's outstanding 5% Surplus Notes due 2011 (collectively, the "Existing SGI Surplus Notes") and variation of rights attached to SHL's outstanding Fixed/Floating Series A Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, par value US$0.01.

Alon Blue Square Israel announced that in accordance with the proposed debt reorganization and arrangement between the Company and its financial creditors under Section 350 of the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-199, the Company's board of directors has approved the appointment of Mr. Moti Ben-Moshe as a new director of the Company effective immediately.

Financial technology group ayondo has launched a new mobile app, the ayondo academy, targeting investors who want to experiment and learn in a simulated trading environment. The ayondo academy, created by the group’s Mobile Lab in Singapore, allows users to trade virtual stocks, participate in trading competitions and learn about the latest news and tips within the app.

Olympus Insurance Company, a leading Florida homeowners insurer, announced that Martin Newby has joined the company as Vice President of Claims. Mr. Newby will serve as Olympus' senior claims executive responsible for the development, implementation, organization and leadership of the Olympus claims programs and initiatives. He brings more than 28 years of claims and operations experience.

LendingPoint, a trailblazing FinTech balance sheet lender known for its groundbreaking approach and innovative customer offerings in fair-credit lending, has announced that former American Express executive Houman Motaharian has joined its leadership team as Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role, Motaharian will be focused on optimizing revenue across all departments and implementing next-generation data and lending solutions.

 Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Equinix representatives will speak at the Gartner Catalyst Conference taking place August 15 - 18, 2016 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt

ChannelAdvisor Corporation (NYSE:ECOM), a leading provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable retailers and branded manufacturers to increase global sales, today announced that it has appointed Joe Cowan, president and chief executive officer o

The digitalisation of the financial services industry has brought with it a level of sophistication that is unprecedented. Innovation in transaction-based banking and customer-oriented banking have caused rapid advancements in digital banking, payment systems and more. One particular sector that is evolving less rapidly, however, is wealth management - where traditionally, human interaction and relationships are paramount, has only moved towards robo-advisors and more recently, hybrid advisory.