Growth strategies

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.

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 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.

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.

The Southeast banks expect to complete their merger by midyear, hit their savings targets and still be able to invest in growth, according to Bryan Jordan.

Following a 44% jump in the number of CU-bank acquisitions in 2019, some observers believe the volume could plateau this year.

The company will pay $24 million in cash for Central Federal Bancshares.

The Colorado Banking Board may be the first regulator to ever block a credit union-bank merger.