Arizona

About 100 financial institutions are owned by or work with Native Americans, yet traditional banking services remain out of reach for many in this demographic.

A plan to join Deer Valley and Canyon State credit unions still needs approval from regulators and members of both institutions.

Several groups have gone public with plans to start a bank since the state enacted a law to make it easier, but none have actually filed with the FDIC.

The Arizona-based CUSO returned $6.2 million in cash rewards to its credit union members for 2018.

Many credit unions already know they need to diversity their slate of directors. Here's how a handful of CUs have already started that process.

Sens. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Martha McSally, R-Ariz., will fill the two GOP vacancies in the new Congress.

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., crafted a moderate message and will head to the Senate after having backed legislation providing banks with regulatory relief.

The regional bank is putting its corporate stamp on branches in the two states.

USAA will be eliminating 265 home sales and lending positions, but it already has offered nearly 100 of the affected workers different jobs within its mortgage unit.

From supporting employees fighting illness to ensuring staff are there for important moments with their real families, Landings CU is committed to kinship.

At least six groups are exploring opening new banks in the state, which is enjoying an economic recovery and has a dearth of local financial institutions.

Paul Watkins served as chief counsel for the Arizona AG's 150-person civil litigation division and also headed up the office's fintech initiatives.

Organizers of Gainey Business Bank, a bank planned in Scottsdale, received approval from the state's banking regulator to raise capital while completing a charter application.

The veteran CEO will turn the reins of the $3.5 billion credit union to Dave Sweiderk, executive vice president and COO of OneAZ Credit Union in Phoenix

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions.

Organizers of Scottsdale Community Bank plan to raise a minimum of $16 million.

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

AssetMark Trust plans to offer a product for the $1 billion in cash it holds for clients.

Readers react to a drive for more public banks, weigh in the launch of an online-only bank, chime in on what millennials need and more.