A veteran banking regulator has been promoted to become the commissioner of Georgia's Department of Banking and Finance.
Kevin Hagler will lead the department, effective July 1, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Friday. Hagler succeeds Robert Braswell, who
Hagler, who joined the department in 1997, has been its deputy commissioner for supervision since 2008. Earlier, he worked for SunTrust (STI) in Atlanta.
Nearly 90 Georgia banks failed during the financial crisis, the highest number of any state. In an