Union Bank hires president for Inland Empire market

   Union Bank N.A. has named Stuart Bernstein market president for Inland Empire and Orange County retail banking, according to a news release.  "As part of a comprehensive realignment of its retail banking group, Bernstein's position represents the addition of five new regional market presidents throughout California, as well as Union Bank's geographic expansion of its retail markets to five, from three," according to the release.  Bernstein has nearly two decades of banking experience.  He previously worked as a market president for Wells Fargo and was an executive vice president at Countrywide Financial Corp.