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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.

WASHINGTON — Merchant and financial services groups are again at odds over cybersecurity policy, sparring over who's to blame for recent data breaches and how lawmakers can ensure greater protections.

Carver Bancorp in New York has named a new chief lending officer and president of its community development unit.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The next deadline for CUs interested in applying for free consulting help from the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives (OSCUI) is Nov. 30, the NCUA announced Wednesday.

HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., has hired a team of commercial lenders to open its first office in Raleigh, N.C.

ConnectOne Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., expects to record a charge in the fourth quarter tied to an online fraud scheme.

TAMPA, Fla. — Efficient member onboarding is a continuing challenge for most credit unions, which is why Grow Financial Credit Union decided to test tablet technology to sign up members' offsite, but with a personal touch.

BB&T has agreed to buy Susquehanna Bancshares for about $2.5 billion in cash and shares to expand in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The new owners of First Mariner Bank believe the Baltimore bank could return to profitability in the first quarter.

ST. LOUIS — A man wearing a ski mask used a sledgehammer to break into a South City credit union early Tuesday morning, according to police.

Safeway FCU and Spokane City CU have selected D+H Corp. in Lake Mary, Fla., as their provider of outsourced, online banking services.

CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., will have a new chairman starting Jan. 1.

MERRIT ISLAND, Fla. — Kennedy Space Center Federal Credit Union was flying high.