Growth strategies

Organizers of Piermont Bank said in their application with the FDIC that they want to raise $100 million and eventually operate in several urban coastal communities.

Keith Mestrich, who runs the union-founded bank, plans to use a more liquid stock to pursue acquisitions in cities such as Boston, Seattle and Los Angeles.

The Georgia Bulldogs football coach appears in a new commercial for Georgia United Credit Union, part of a five-year partnership between UGA athletics and the credit union.

Whether through time, money, service or other means, credit unions are finding a variety of ways to give back to their communtiies.

Guaranty Bancorp could have had a different owner if not for a suitor’s ill-timed stock hiccup that gave a rival the upper hand.

Northern Credit Union in New York has shed its federal charter, while Gale CU in Illinois has converted to a community charter.

The transaction was set up to give Mercantil more autonomy to expand in South Florida, Houston and New York.

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MLB legend Cal Ripken Jr. told a credit union audience what it takes to succeed – and break a few records in the process.

Merger announcements typically follow a tried-and-true formula of cutting costs to boost profit. WSFS, however, plans to reinvest $32 million in new tech initiatives after buying Beneficial.

The Austin-based credit union serves seven counties in Central Texas.

The Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

Three of the trade group's specialty councils banded together on a report that looks at how credit unions can improve their metrics and data analytics related to growth.

The Massachusetts-based CU says membership growth has accelerated to 7.4 percent.

Gateway Mortgage's owners plan to merge the mortgage lender into Farmers Exchange Bank.

From participating in local events to meaningful donations, credit unions are finding a variety of ways to give back to the communities they serve.

The Delaware company plans to reinvest savings from the $1.5 billion acquisition to upgrade technology and delivery channels.

A new feature at recent CU Leadership Convention included advice on attracting millennials, the power of stories and more.

Fort Bragg FCU will convert to KeyStone core processing as a hosted solution in March 2019.

Toyota Financial Services has promoted a company insider to replace Mike Groff, who is retiring at the end of this month.