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BofI Holding (BOFI) in San Diego has agreed to buy certain assets and all the deposits of H&R Block Bank.

WASHINGTON — A bill introduced by Republican Sen. Dan Coats could reduce some of the regulatory burden on the backs of financial institutions below $10 billion in assets.

A former executive at Solara National Bancorp (SLRK) could start working with an activist investor to alter the size and composition of the Lakewood Village, Colo., company's board.

How are CUSOs helping credit unions and their members?

Two of the largest credit union service organizations, both based in California, report that business is good, despite numerous financial and regulatory challenges.

SAN DIEGO — A new credit union service organization is helping credit unions collect on charged-off accounts and return "prior prime" members to their former CUs.

First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) in Indiana, Pa., has a new chief financial officer.

Cordia Bancorp (BVA) in Midlothian, Va., has raised $15.4 million.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Credit unions frequently cite compliance as one of their biggest burdens. And now, so are credit union service organizations.

Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC) in Oswego, N.Y., is planning to convert from a mutual thrift to a fully public holding company.

The Pennsylvania Senate has unanimously confirmed James Biery as a commissioner of the Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Commission.

The Greenville, S.C., company hired John Poelker as interim CEO and ousted its top executives less than two weeks after allegations of financial mismanagement surfaced. Poelker, known for stabilizing struggling banks, could be tasked with cleaning Certus up for a buyer.

The Treasury Department has agreed to sell a large stake in Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) in Virginia Beach.

A bitcoin ATM is coming to South Carolina — the state's first machine will be installed Thursday at the College of Charleston TD Arena.

WASHINGTON — NCUA's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee earlier this week has some within the credit union community saying the regulator may have opened the door a little wider for federally insured CUs to gain access to supplemental capital.

The lessons that elementary school students learn about saving can have a lasting effect, according to a new study supported by the Treasury Department.

BancorpSouth (BXS) in Tupelo, Miss., has acquired Knox Insurance Group in Lafayette, La.

HOUSTON — Two masked men armed with handguns barged into a Chartway FCU branch here Wednesday morning, fired shots into the ceiling, demanded money and then escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Wintrust Financial (WTFC) in Rosemont, Ill., has agreed to buy 11 branches in Wisconsin from Talmer Bancorp (TLMR) in Troy, Mich.

Sugar Creek Financial in Trenton, Ill., has completed its conversion from a mutual holding company to a publicly traded company.