Growth strategies

The Montana-based credit union has returned earnings to members each year for the last 20 years.

Now in its sixth year, the annual event is being marked by credit unions in at least 18 states.

Connecticut-based CU surpasses 50,000 members just months after hitting $500 million in assets.

While social media is helping get younger members in the door, observers say credit unions won't get far without the right mix of products and services for millennials.

Lending rose by more than 9 percent during the first half of the year and membership hit a new record.

For 70 years, the CU has served the communities of southeast Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

Business First will raise $66 million through a stock placement to help fund the deal.

Rhode Island’s oldest CU is adding branches in the southern part of state, including purchasing former bank branches.

The company will pay $66 million for the parent of BloomBank.

You thought love triangles were complicated. The CEO of Sunshine Bancorp in Florida spoke with nine banks about buying the converted mutual while eyeing three possible acquisitions. The company sold to a buyer that bought another bank at the same time.