Wisconsin

EVP Randy Beck, an employee at Royal CU for more than 40 years, will put his retirement on hold to lead the credit union during the search for a permanent CEO.

Tiny HECU had just 55 members, $170,000 in assets.

SoCal native Rudy Pereira has led Wisconsin's Royal CU since 2011, but has accepted a position back home in Southern California with Premier America CU.

Hoover was named interim CEO in December after the death of longtime CEO Gene Szymczak.

Citizens will pay about $40 million in cash and stock for the $269 million-asset Wells in a deal set to close in the third quarter.

Johnson Bank in Racine, Wis., has hired the head of JPMorgan Chase’s Wisconsin-Minnesota market as its president.

Technology company says CU SoCal will have a unified platform for online and mobile banking.

Why one small credit union in Wisconsin thought its best option was to seek out a much larger credit union to with which to merge.

First Business in Wis. to consolidate bank charters-

Advia Credit Union in Parchment, Mich., has agreed to buy Peoples Bank in Elkhorn, Wis.