Corporate governance

The streak of strong gains for new members was flagging by the end of 2019 and has only worsened since then.

The Louisville, Ky.-based credit union has been open to consumers in nine counties across two states since 2004, but the new name is intended to prevent confusion about who is eligible to join.

Some 3,400 additional staffers in the treasury management group will be required to get pre-clearance before making trades. The policy change was driven in part by increased regulatory scrutiny, the bank said.

Combining the two Southern California-based institutions will create the state's eighth-largest credit union. The deal is also a homecoming of sorts of Xceed CEO Teresa Freeborn, who was previously an executive at Kinecta.

The Los Angeles company said Chang Liu, who runs its bank, will succeed Pin Tai, who is retiring.

A merger proposal at Partners Financial Federal Credit Union was rejected in a member vote. The failure has revealed tensions between management and the board.

The North Carolina regional created by the merger of BB&T and SunTrust is saving money by shedding office space and reworking vendor contracts, but it was forced to put its systems integration on hold for up to a year to prioritize tech upgrades tied to the pandemic.

The South Carolina-based credit union will buy two locations from Arkansas-based Bank OZK as it moves to exit the Palmetto State.

The Boulder-based institution can now serve consumers across 16 different counties, or more than 88% of the state's population.

The Fed’s recent action capping dividend payments might prove inadequate once the coronavirus crisis really hits banks’ capital.