RICHLAND, Wash. – HAPO Community CU has bought property to build two new branches, including its first in Oregon.
The branches will be in the Walla Walla area and in Hermiston.
The $850 million credit union has 11 branches in Washington, including seven in the Tri-Cities, two in Yakima, one in Sunnyside and a mortgage office in Walla Walla.
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The partnership between the long-established bank and the fintech brokerage will handle the development of the government-owned account platform behind the new government-seeded retirement accounts for children.
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New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
The Cincinnati bank's Newline business is now its fastest growing commercial payments segment.
