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The chief financial officer, Doug Fagan, will succeed Sundie Seefried, who is retiring.

Isaac Johnson had been running the organization on an interim basis.

Michigan Legacy Credit Union is increasing its minimum hourly wage by 23% to $16, adding annual costs that equal nearly half of its first-quarter profit. The expense is worth it to compete with banks that have boosted pay, its CEO says.

The Brunswick, Georgia, credit union has hired Mary Jenrette, who was most recently senior vice president of private wealth management at the bank.

Bank lobbyists are once again calling on Congress to reexamine credit unions’ tax-exempt status, this time citing the proliferation of bank acquisitions by credit unions. So far, their pleas have gone largely ignored.

Car sales are booming, but credit unions are financing fewer purchases of new vehicles as borrowers migrate to digital channels.

The retiring head of the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors spent years working to rein in a contentious funding mechanism used by the National Credit Union Administration that drew money from the Share Insurance Fund.

The National Credit Union Administration issued no prohibition orders in May, making it the first month in nearly four years that the regulator has barred no one from working in the financial services sector.

The move brings state-chartered banks and credit unions in sync with their federal counterparts by enabling them to open checking accounts for consumers who have had accounts closed for writing bad checks.

The Curql Fund, an investor in upstart technology companies, is trying to help credit unions build relationships with cutting-edge firms.

The combination of Valley Strong Credit Union in Bakersfield and Financial Center Credit Union in Stockton would have 27 branches and nearly 200,000 members throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

Honor Credit Union, one of Michigan’s largest credit unions, announced it's combining with ATL Federal Credit Union, which has just $15 million of assets.

Josh Haney, who has worked at the Indiana credit union in various roles since 2005, is now its chief executive.

After the retirement of its long-time leader, Foothill Federal Credit Union named Michael Terzian, who had been interim co-CEO of Partners FCU, as its new president and CEO.

The Indiana credit union's chief financial officer had been interim chief executive since September 2019.

GreenState Credit Union's agreements to buy community banks in Illinois and Nebraska renewed the debate over whether federal tax exemption gives credit unions an unfair competitive advantage.

The National Credit Union Administration placed the New Jersey credit union into conservatorship Monday, citing its "unsafe and unsound practices."

Sherry Cornell, who has led the Ashtabula, Ohio, credit union since 2002, is stepping down next month.

Carrie Hunt, the vice president of government affairs and general counsel of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, will become the league's president next month.

The National Credit Union Administration changed course late last year and proposed changes that would in effect give members more time to resolve overdrafts. However, consumer activists and even some credit unions say the proposal falls short.