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Hanscom FCU and Oregon State CU revamp their mortgage departments and other CU professionals in the news.

First Capital Federal Credit Union, a $167-million institution based in York, Pa., hosted an event in conjunction with the York County Economic Alliance to introduce its new president and CEO, Sue DeStephano.

CO-OP Financial Services processed more than 3.2 billion electronic-funds transfer and shared-branch transactions in 2015, a 6.6% increase over the previous year.

In one corner, the major CU trade groups and the Community Home Lenders Association, who are hoping the administration will further cut premiums after a reduction a year ago. On the other are MBA and ICBA, which argue a cut now would be too soon.

Wintrust Financial's fourth-quarter earnings fell 7% from a year earlier, to $35.5 million, as a revenue surge failed to offset the higher costs associated with recent acquisitions.

The Minneapolis bank has promoted longtime executive Andrew Cecere to president, a title held by Chairman and CEO Richard Davis for more than a decade.

Consumers say they consider mobile banking unsafe even as they increasingly use it, assuming they can do nothing to protect themselves from the escalating threats. Banks can't afford to be so fatalistic.

Sam's Club will accept Visa credit cards inside its stores next month, as the Walmart-owned retailer expands its payments network.

Management has also been allocating more resources to other markets to add loans and boost fee income in businesses such as card services and wealth management. Such moves are designed to offset fallout from an energy book that shrunk by 14% last year.