Texas

Low unemployment and the promise of millions of new jobs have some in the industry seeing a chance to increase membership and lending in the Lone Star State.

A partnership between TDECU and a Texas-based fintech will help provide payment plans for consumers struggling to pay legal fees.

Joseph Nowland will take over at the Jacksonville, Fla.-based institution after Gerri Sexsion retires later this month.

Barbara Vitolo will leave Wyrope Williamsport Federal Credit Union this summer once a successor is in place.

East Windsor, N.J.-based McGraw Hill Federal Credit Union will merge into PenFed, the latest in a series of growth moves from the nation's third-largest credit union.

Crystal Long, CEO and president of GECU, is being recognized by the National Credit Union Foundation for her efforts in financial literacy.

The Mississippi company will pay more than $200 million for the parent companies of Texas Star Bank and Summit Bank.

Credit Union Student Choice's decision to open a management center in Texas follows a similar move by Pentagon Federal Credit Union earlier this year.

Alan White, who will step down in April, and Jeremy Ford have served as the company's co-CEOs since September 2016.

The company has agreed to buy Preferred Bancshares in a deal set to close by mid-2019.