Frank Gargano

Samantha Beeler, the league's incoming president, is currently vice president of advocacy for the Northwest Credit Union Association.

U.S. credit unions that serve Ukrainian immigrants are coordinating efforts to provide aid in Ukraine while bracing for cyberattacks at home.

Empire Financial Federal Credit Union had been placed into conservatorship by the National Credit Union Administration in May because of “unsafe and unsound practices.” Another credit union has assumed its assets and deposits.

The deal with HBI Employees Credit Union follows two other mergers Spire struck last year that brought it to $1.9 billion of assets.

Here is a rundown of the regulatory, diversity, competitive and other challenges that executives explored at the Credit Union National Association's annual gathering in Washington.

The Louisiana-based Barksdale has agreed to purchase HomeBank of Arkansas. It is the fourth deal involving the sale of a bank to a credit union in less than two weeks.

Tricia Szurgot is joining Securityplus from First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union in Pennsylvania.

The credit union had been in the custody of the National Credit Union Administration since June 2020 to address concerns of unsafe and unsound business practices.

The Bethpage, New York, credit union plans to use the fintech’s risk models to improve loan decisioning.

The fintech chose its new name to reflect its non-financial offerings such as contact centers.

Municipal Credit Union was first placed into the custody of the National Credit Union Administration in 2019, after its former chief executive was charged with fraud and embezzlement.

Community lenders may choose to stop serving small businesses rather than absorb the expense of collecting information on race and ethnicity under a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Karen Church, who became chief executive in 1993, will step down on Feb. 25.

The credit union plans to expand its suite of trust and estate services available to members.

Brian Waldron, who joins from Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union in Poughkeepsie, New York, will succeed Vicki Hawkins, who is retiring.

Employees at Genesee Co-Op Federal Credit Union in New York and Beneficial State Bank in California formed unions in the past year to bargain for better wages and reform their corporate cultures. Will workers at other community institutions follow their lead?

Lisa Schlehuber, who has led the Indianapolis credit union since her appointment as chief executive in 2005, will step down on April 15.

The board of directors has hired Kyle Gurzynski to succeed longtime chief executive Patty Preuss, who plans to retire on April 29.

PSCU is working with EnaComm to build web and mobile applications for prepaid cards.

The combined organization would have more than $3.6 billion of assets and a few dozen branches in Georgia.