Joseph Kellard

First Mid-Illinois Bancshares in Mattoon has agreed to buy First Clover Leaf Financial in Edwardsville, Ill.

Citizens National Bancshares of Bossier in Bossier City, La., has named Jason Smith, an executive vice president at subsidiary Citizens National Bank since 2008, as its president and chief executive.

Low-income CUs that need support to grow, train staff and improve security can apply for assistance grants through the agency's Community Development Loan Fund.

Sanford Weill, the retired chairman and chief executive of Citigroup, and his wife, Joan, have pledged $185 million to the University of California at San Francisco to create a new research center.

ONTARIO, Calif. -- CU Direct has become the latest organization to take an ownership stake Members Development Co., the firm announced in a Tuesday news release.

Banner Corp. in Walla Walla, Wash., reported higher quarterly profit that reflected its purchase of AmericanWest Bank.

U.S. Century Bank in Miami has been freed from a regulatory consent order that had restricted its activities for nearly five years.

Simmons First National in Pine Bluff, Ark., plans to close 10 banks across four states by the end of the second quarter: three branches in Arkansas, four in the Missouri and Kansas region and three in Tennessee.

A video of the March 2016 open meeting of the National Credit Union Administration board was posted on the agency’s website Friday.

Royal Credit Union placed second among dozens of entrants in the inaugural NACHA Challenge at Payments Conference 2016 in Phoenix on April 20.