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Though other credit unions have acquired portions of banks previously, Achieva says this is the first time a CU has engaged in a “whole bank” transaction, purchasing and assuming the total assets and deposits of Calusa Bank.

Kal Raman has resigned as president and chief executive of Xome, the digital platform of the nonbank mortgage servicer Nationstar Mortgage Holdings.

The field of membership expansion allows the $223 million credit union to add two more counties to its market.

It sounded like a sales pitch from the bubble years - "Subprime: The New Normal." But an account executive at the Atlanta mortgage lender Angel Oak Home Loans sought to draw a clear distinction between subprime products pitched today and the infamous stated-income loans of yore.

Leagues across the country continue to take a stance on whether credit unions should be allowed to choose to join either CUNA or their respective leagues instead of requiring dual membership, with the Utah association the latest to announce its take on the debate.

Bank of Montreal said fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 13%, led by capital markets and U.S. banking. The lender raised its dividend 2.4% to 84 Canadian cents a share.

Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley became the latest big banks Monday to promise to cut their support for the coal industry in the name of reducing the pollution blamed for global warming.

The introduction of EMV cards didn't significantly slow transaction times at U.S. retailers during the Black Friday shopping event, but there are still many wrinkles to iron out at the point of sale.

Despite the House Financial Services Committee's passage of a bill to convert the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's leadership structure from a single director to a commission, Democrats have largely opposed the bill.