MADISON, Wis.-Nearly two dozen of the cooperative movement's top leaders completed the five-day Advance Leadership Institute program at Harvard Business School. They are: Thomas J. Martorana, CUNA Mutual; Deborah A Kennedy, Pacific Marine CU; Leslie Hensen, CUNA Mutual; Lynn Athens, Spectrum FCU; Tonita Webb, Seattle Metropolitan CU; Lisa Mingoia, Suffolk FCU; Dr. Esmeralda O. Lyn, Nassau Educators FCU; Shama Campo, T&T Police Service CU; Christopher J. Copeland, CUNA Mutual; Jeff Meyer CUNA Mutual; Michael Celichowski, CUNA Mutual; John A. Williams, Andrews FCU; David Bird, Virtual One CU; Joette Mitchell, CUES; Jeffrey Jaksich, WSECU; Gene Creelman, Interior Savings CU; Ronald Miles, Texas Dow ECU; Adam D. Denbo, California Agribusiness CU; Frank Mancini, Connex CU; John Szalyga, Polish & Slavic FCU; Jack Vanderkooy, DUCA Financial Svcs CU Ltd.; Jeff Kennedy, TwinStar CU; Stephen R. Knight, Power Financial CU.
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The group behind the proposed Georgia Skyline Bank says recapitalizing a 24-year-old Virginia bank offers a faster path to success than a new charter would.
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IDScan.net removed the pages naming its bank and credit union integrations after KrebsOnSecurity traced 153 million license scans to the company.
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A consortium of international FIs are planning to issue a U.S. stablecoin in early 2027; London-based OpenPayd has entered the U.S. through its acquisition of MSB USA; the U.K. fined Citi £4.7 million ($6.3 million) for hundreds of transactions in breach of sanctions against Russia; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The controlling owner of Santa Fe-based Century Financial Services Corp. wound up in bankruptcy court. Now his 71% stake is on the verge of being sold to an Oklahoma bank.
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Swift's network of 11,500 banks can exchange deposit tokens in a standardized way.
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The big three's trade group has said they operate legally and protect the industry with a trio of reports. FHFA also is opening up VantageScore for all lenders.
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