Amilda Dymi

Melrose Bancorp in Massachusetts has completed its mutual-to-stock conversion.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is honoring Pentagon Federal Credit Union in Alexandria, Va., for providing affordable housing and post-deployment assistance to military families and war veterans.

Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., reported higher quarterly earnings as higher revenue offset a spike in expenses.

The Money Anxiety Index shows U.S. consumers' still low confidence in the economy continues to negatively impact spending and by default, economic growth.

Washington Trust Bancorp in Westerly, R.I., reported increased profitability that reflected balance sheet growth and lower costs.

Bitcoin payments enabler Bitnet Technologies has secured $14.5 million in funding that it will use to fund a push into Asia and continental Europe.

Bank of Marin Bancorp in Novato, Calif., reported a significant increase in quarterly profit following an acquisition and organic growth.

Republic Bancorp in Louisville, Ky., reported higher third-quarter profits, driven by a combination of organic loan growth and asset quality improvements.

Third-quarter earnings at Fidelity Southern in Atlanta increased after it completed a recent acquisition in Florida.

Lincoln County Credit Union in Libby, Mt., has selected Sharetec System as its new core system.

Capital Bank Financial Corp. in Coral Gables, Fla., reported higher third quarter earnings driven by lower expenses and asset quality improvements.

United Community Bancorp in Lawrenceburg, Ind., said on Friday that William Ritzmann has been appointed chairman of the company and its bank.

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has launched a new division to cater to the growing demand for specialty business banking and named Brad Ringwald the division's president.

Total Systems Service has landed another user for its Prime 4 product, as Banco del Bajío of Guanajuato signed a licensing agreement to use the card and payments management system in Mexico.

Kyle Waters and Andy Bower announced the creation of Loan Evaluation Services this week. The firm will provide independent loan portfolio reviews for community and regional banks that are planning to make acquisitions or have a need for third-party loan portfolio reviews.

Oberthur Technologies is launching a payment card that integrates fraud prevention technology from NagraID Security, a move designed to protect against online payment, or "card not present" fraud, twhich is expected to increase due to the EMV migration.

Core processor Corelation, San Diego, said USE CU, also in San Diego, will convert to Corelation’s KeyStone core processing solution.

CardConnect, an independent sales organization of First Data Merchant Services, has hired payments veteran Scott Dowty as chief revenue officer.

Fiserv reports three more credit unions have selected the firm to provide specialized core processing systems.

The banking associations in Virginia and West Virginia have, for now, called off discussion about creating a single trade group.