Joseph Kellard

The $125 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Kate Randall Danella will lead a team of private wealth management professionals providing banking, trust and investment management services to affluent and high-net-worth individuals and families.

For the next three years Scott Credit Union will sponsor Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals franchise, winners of 11 World Series.

Two California credit unions, Eagle CU in Lodi and UNIFY Financial CU in Torrance, plan to merge.

JPMorgan Chase and Bloomberg Philanthropies are providing $7.5 million in grants for public education programs that address workforce needs in New Orleans.

CU Companies plans to expand into five additional states.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against two attorneys it says stole money from small-business owners seeking commercial loans.

The University of Hawaii Federal Credit Union reported $1.3 million on assets of $583 million for the first quarter.

Approval from the Federal Reserve Board is all that stands between Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., and two acquisitions that will add $6.1 billion in assets.

The $7.5 billion CU announces Chief Executive Tom Dorety will retire at the end of 2016, and that a successor will likely be named in the fall.

National Credit Union Administration will form an internal working group to review its examination process, including the frequency of exams, says new Chairman Rick Metsger.

KeyCorp in Cleveland will open a regional headquarters in western New York as part of its acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group.

Guaranty Federal Bancshares in Springfield, Mo., has elected James Batten, a director of the company since 2006, as its next chairman.

First Connecticut Bancorp in Farmington has committed to making $5 million in small-business loans over the next year.

CU Companies added 12 new retail and correspondent mortgage lending partners since the end of 2015.

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), along with community development practitioners and the general public, are invited to comment on a proposed FY 2016 CDFI Prize Competition, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) said in a news release Wednesday.

IMM, a provider of eTransaction automation, announced that its eSignature capabilities are fully integrated with CU Direct's Lending 360 loan origination and account enrollment platform.

CBI Bank & Trust in Muscatine, Iowa, said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy a branch in Davenport, Iowa, from MidWestOne Bank in Iowa City.

A former cybersecurity expert with the National Security Agency joined the board of directors at Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio.

Boston Private Financial Holdings is expanding its footprint in California, opening a new office in Los Angeles on June 1. The company will have 35 offices nationwide, including 14 on the West Coast.

The Global Women's Leadership Network will award scholarships to four women employed at credit unions around the world during the World Credit Union Conference and Global Women Forum in Belfast, Northern Ireland from July 17 to 20.