Joseph Kellard

Higher noninterest income was instrumental in a 3.9% quarter-to-quarter profit increase at Capitol Federal Financial in Topeka, Kan., in the three months that ended March 31.

A new online training module is designed to educate board directors on best practices in the process of mergers.

Penn Community Bank didn’t have a CFO until it hired Stephanie Austin, who won praise for building a solid finance department at her previous job.

Umpqua Holdings in Oregon has promoted a business-banking executive to president of its bank unit.

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) launched a Regulatory Burden Calculator that is free to member credit unions, the agency said Wednesday.

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.

The Fed's December interest rate hike helped PrivateBancorp's first-quarter profit, as yields rose on its variable-rate loans.

The Pleasanton, Calif.-based credit union said in a news release Thursday that it has reached $5 billion in assets and 300,000 members in 2016.

M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y., has expanded the job responsibilities of René Jones, its chief financial officer and vice chairman, while at the same time naming a new CFO.

Virtual StrongBox has secured another patent for its digital safe-deposit boxes and encryption technology for secure stored data.

Two St. Louis-area investors have been indicted on charges they defrauded the failed Excel Bank on real estate loans.