Oregon

President and CEO Bob Corwin plans to retire by this summer, having led the Clackamas, Ore.-based credit union for seven years.

Justin Olson will take the helm from CEO Jim Lumpkin, who led the $90 billion-asset USAgencies for more than two decades.

Incoming CEO Clint Stein said the Tacoma, Wash., company is ready to revisit deals after spending three years updating its digital platforms.

Member business lending growth has fluctuated in recent years but growth overall is slowing even as balances continue to rise. The long run of success could prove to be a problem when the economy finally turns south.

The Providence, R.I., bank recently installed a new regional head in California to oversee a commercial banking expansion into five western states. The bank says it’s trying to craft a successful growth strategy while reassuring investors it isn’t overreaching.

JWTT, created by former Wedbush Securities bankers, says it will use its connections to court business from other investment banks that were recently sold.

The industry has taken some steps to lower barriers to affordable housing, but some observers say that more can be done.

Jim Lumpkin, president and CEO of the Portland, Ore.-based institution, is planning to retire in the first quarter of 2020.

Seed, a San Francisco startup, has developed a platform that lets small businesses quickly open accounts online. That's an important feature for Cross River as it courts more fintech clients.

Columbia Banking CEO Hadley Robbins says he's confident the bank can grow on its own as the number of buyout targets in the Pacific Northwest dwindles.

The venture, which will do business as CU APPS, will offer mobile apps for other credit unions.

Credit unions clinging to an outdated name that no longer reflects the institution's current field of membership could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts say. But it's a fine line between honoring the past and preparing for tomorrow.

Lynn Calvert will lead the institution on an interim basis after Robert E. Dempsey recently passed away.

A MAPS Credit Union executive told the House Financial Services Committee her institution is proof credit unions and banks can safely serve the legal weed space.

Earlier this year CUNA announced a new push to better educate consumers about credit unions. The Northwest Credit Union Association is asking its members to contribute to the effort.

Banks were reluctant to offer services to an industry that had a hazy legal status. That’s about to change.

The Oregon-based institution deposited the bonus in members’ high-yield accounts Wednesday.

The bank will still use GoTo, an app consumers can use to communicate with a personal banker, but no longer own the Pivotus subsidiary that created it.

Tory Nixon, who became Umpqua's chief banking officer this spring, is trying to drive more customers to use mobile banking (only 15% do so now industrywide) without alienating them in the process.

Oregon-based credit union says it was successful in lending, deposits, memberships.