Corporate governance

A letter from the Independent Community Bankers of America calls on lawmakers to curtail credit unions' bank-buying spree or at least take measures to ensure parity between the two sides.

The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.

The New York-based credit card issuer is expanding its board to 13 members with the addition of Karen Parkhill.

The Wall Street bank aims to double consumer deposits and triple outstanding consumer loans in five years. A checking account is slated for 2021, and more cobranded credit cards could be coming.

A deal bringing $16 million-asset RiverTrace CU into Call Federal Credit Union will take effect on Feb. 3.

A small number of institutions are beginning to add financial assistance for vocational training into their scholarship offerings, but that only accounts for a fraction of the industry's total giving for secondary education.

The deal will create a bank with $34 billion in assets and operations stretching from Virginia to Florida.

The company best known for student lending expanded into personal lending less than two years ago. Now it says it is refocusing on core strategic priorities.

The Michigan-based CU celebrated its latest milestone during its 69th year of business.

Two major banking organizations objected to a proposal by the agency that would expand the pool of investors in subordinated debt issued by credit unions. They fear it could provide credit unions more financing to buy banks.

There are no provisions in a new NCUA plan that outright bar credit unions from leveraging subordinated debt to acquire a bank. The long-awaited rule on bank purchases, also released Thursday, merely clarifies existing regulations rather than adding new components.

JPMorgan Chase gave its chairman and CEO a 1.6% hike in total compensation in 2019 after a second consecutive year of record profits.

The company will pay $211 million for a bank with 22 branches and $1.2 billion in assets.

Terry Turner at Pinnacle Financial says big banks in the city, including Truist Financial and Wells Fargo, are "vulnerable" to new competitors.

While most banks are shrinking their branch networks, the Cincinnati bank is approaching the day where its branch expansion in the Southeast will more than offset closings in its legacy markets, its CEO says.

The Delray Beach-based institution will change its name later this year to better reflect the communities it serves and its growth beyond serving just IBM staff.

For the second time in six months, Birmingham Bloomfield CU is absorbing another nearby credit union that will operate as "a part of" BBCU.

The proposed merger will create a $10 billion-asset bank based in Nashville, Tenn.

The company will pay $29 million for Virginia Bank Bankshares.

If credit union lenders and underwriters aren't working collaboratively, they could be hindering growth opportunities.