Growth strategies

In what would be its third acquisition in a year, the company formerly known as BofI Holding is buying a firm that clears trades for independent broker-dealers.

From donations to help young scholars to honoring the military, providing relief from natural disasters and more, here's a look at how credit unions are giivng back.

The company will pay $96 million to buy HomeTown Bankshares to gain scale in western Virginia.

First Foundation sold loans to Freddie Mac to free up space for higher-yielding credits. It then bought the securities that were formed to replace other, lower-yielding assets through an often overlooked program.

Citizens & Northern will pay $43 million for the $348 million-asset Monument.

AmeriNational Community Services plans to form an industrial bank in Nevada.

Colin Walsh, Varo Money's CEO, learned a lot from his first stab at deposit insurance. Lesson one: Work with one regulator at a time.

The Mass.-based credit union is the latest to drop its federal charter in favor of state oversight.

JPMorgan's chief cautioned against expanded regulation for big companies, arguing that businesses contribute to the economy.

It will also invest in mortgage and small-business lending and in neighborhood revitalization efforts there. The moves are part of a nationwide expansion by the largest U.S. bank.