Minnesota

Chemical is paying roughly $3.6 billion for the $23.5 billion-asset TCF. The combined company will be based in Detroit, Chemical's hometown, and operate under the TCF brand.

The three institutions will use a platform from Fiserv to help improve efficiency.

Kent Greff is retiring after 39 years in the credit union industry, including leading Mill City for almost two decades.

Along with a core conversion, the Twin Cities-area credit union deployed new loan origination systems and online and mobile banking platforms.

The Minnesota-based institution expects to $10,000 per month by switching its core systems.

The regional bank is working with customers to help develop and launch new products, including a small-business credit card.

Sunrise Banks in Minnesota, which has a mission of helping underserved communities, also provides compliance services to fintechs with a similar mission.

CU Green was developed to give Minnesota residents better access to clean energy products.

Fiserv will buy the business, once known as Elan ATM and Debit Processing, for $690 million.

Montana’s Credit Unions have entered into a partnership with the Minnesota CU Network and TruLync to offer prize-linked savings to members.

Olson ran a bank founded by his father in his hometown of Fergus Falls, Minn., before a long career in Washington.

Dale Turner, current EVP at San Diego County Credit Union, will take the helm at Minneosta-based Firefly CU later this year.

Credit unions in 45 cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota will offer the prize-linked saving incentive.

Small banks and credit unions say slow responses and outdated products from the establishment tech vendor can become a drag on their innovation efforts.

The family that owns KleinBank negotiated for employee incentives for nonrelatives and retention awards as part of the Minnesota bank's proposed sale to Old National.

Former postal CU expanding charter, changing core system for first time in 20 years.

Barb Brown will retire on Jan. 1, 2019, with new CEO Doug Wolf set to take the helm this fall.

Banks are adjusting loan terms, making use of federal loan guarantees and working with farmers to find new markets, all in an effort to mitigate the damage from a likely drop in soybean exports.

More than three decades after American flags stopped being placed at headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, one Twin Cities-area credit union brought the flags back – for more than 200,000 gravesites.

Old National will have the fifth-biggest deposit market share in the city when it completes the $434 million acquisition.