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PURCHASE, N.Y. — A total revamp of Quorum FCU's website has resulted in an average of 750 new users each month and three design awards from leading media and marketing associations.

Royal Financial in Chicago has agreed to buy PNA Bank in Chicago.

WASHINGTON — Credit unions as a whole — yes, even small CUs — experienced significant success in the third quarter, according to analysis by Callahan & Associates that found increases in key areas including loans and membership.

MADISON, Wis. — In an effort to make members' virtual banking easier, UW Credit Union here built an in-house, one-size-fits-all web solution for all operating devices — from PC to smartphones.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said President Richard Fisher will step down on March 19, making him the second district chief and voting policymaker this year to announce his retirement from the central bank.

Iberiabank Corp. in Lafayette, La., was initially willing to pay up to $24 million more than what it eventually agreed to pay for Florida Bank Group in Tampa.

ARLINGTON,Va. — NASCUS kicked off its inaugural cyber security symposium last Thursday, and judging from attendance, there will be a repeat performance next year.

LOS ANGELES and NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Two collegiate credit unions are putting a football rivalry to good use.

Wells Fargo plans to sell an $8.5 billion portfolio of federal student loans to Navient, the educational loan servicer that recently split off from Sallie Mae.

First Artesia Bancshares in Artesia, N.M., has merged two of its banks.

WASHINGTON — Credit unions are lobbying for several key pieces of legislation in the lame-duck session, but it could be a case of too little time and too much inertia.

J. Thomas Wiley will become chief executive of the company's banking unit. The move could free up Joe Evans, the company's CEO, to focus on deploying capital, which could include more acquisitions.

CHICAGO — Despite much interest in ApplePay and other emerging opportunities, credit unions still see auto loans as the growth area heading into 2015, according to a recent TransUnion survey.

Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas plans to raise about $150 million by selling common stock.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County Credit Union posted strong financial numbers across the board in the third quarter, including year-over-year loan growth of 23.6%.

Sturgis Bancorp in Sturgis, Mich., has agreed to buy West Michigan Savings Bank in Bangor.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., will close or relocate all of its branches inside grocery stores in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in a move it says will reduce overhead by $7 million to $8 million a year.

WASHINGTON — Boulder, Col.-based Elevations CU here has been named one of four recipients of the 2014 Baldridge Award from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

DOTHAN, Ala. — Five Star Credit Union has completed its merger with Georgia Coastal Federal Credit Union.

The $5.8 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that Shelley Seifert would fill the newly created role.