1.   Elevated to the role of vice chairman was Paul Hogan, who will be in charge of corporate relationship banking.

2.   Having fewer banks and further promoting relationship banking brings maximum leverage to a company with large deposits, Kearney said.

3.   Sidel has joined Capital Crossing Bank in Boston as director of relationship banking.

4.   To be sure, relationship banking will always be one of the mainstays of the industry.