ORLANDO, Fla. – Martin FCU yesterday said it has hired LEVEL5 to develop a strategic retail delivery plan and design and build branches to support the credit union’s community charter.
The $125 million credit union, formerly focused on employees of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Darden Restaurants, converted to a community charter last year covering all of Orange County.
The move required the credit union to close two of its branches located on Lockheed Martin property.
The Federal Reserve Board Thursday followed the lead of other regulators in seeking comment on its implementation of the landmark stablecoin legislation that passed in 2025.
George Boyan is named CEO of New Jersey-based Unity Bancorp as James Hughes announces his retirement; the American Bankers Association has elected Iowa banker Matt Lujano as chair of the association's Community Bankers Council; fintech-turned-digital bank SoFi's stablecoin settlement partnership with Mastercard is now live; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
The Republican-led bank, which touts itself as "pro-America," has struggled to turn a profit. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Old Glory failed to respond to a prior warning about capital deficiencies.
Artificial intelligence could be a powerful tool, but it seems that just about everybody using it has realized one thing: it is not inherently trustworthy.
Open Standard, a stablecoin consortium with more than 140 partners, formalized its governance structure, founding partners, and leadership, cementing it as an emerging competitive threat thanks to the wide distribution network of its founding partners and its shared economics model, from which banks can earn revenue.
