Growth strategies

United Methodist Federal Credit Union is set to become Interfaith Credit Union. It is also planning to absorb a small South Dakota-based institution with a similar field of membership.

The streak of strong gains for new members was flagging by the end of 2019 and has only worsened since then.

The Louisville, Ky.-based credit union has been open to consumers in nine counties across two states since 2004, but the new name is intended to prevent confusion about who is eligible to join.

Combining the two Southern California-based institutions will create the state's eighth-largest credit union. The deal is also a homecoming of sorts of Xceed CEO Teresa Freeborn, who was previously an executive at Kinecta.

The Los Angeles company said Chang Liu, who runs its bank, will succeed Pin Tai, who is retiring.

A merger proposal at Partners Financial Federal Credit Union was rejected in a member vote. The failure has revealed tensions between management and the board.

The South Carolina-based credit union will buy two locations from Arkansas-based Bank OZK as it moves to exit the Palmetto State.

The Boulder-based institution can now serve consumers across 16 different counties, or more than 88% of the state's population.

A deal to merge Riverset CU into Allegant Community FCU will create the third-largest credit union in western Pennsylvania.

Center Parc Credit Union, which will operate as a unit of Atlanta Postal, is set to open a pair of Walmart branches this year and a free-standing facility in 2021.