Wyoming

FRNT is designed to streamline government disbursements while acting as a lure for digital financial services firms.

The new name is meant to position the credit union as a leader in technology and service.

The Southern California-based credit union would add a fourth branch in the Cowboy State if members of the merging credit union approve the deal.

The Wyoming-based credit union will gain about $100 million in deposits as a result of the deal.

Blue Federal Credit Union in Wyoming will also gain about $100 million in deposits.

The San Francisco bank is also bulking up in Florida and Wyoming, no-tax states where many of its affluent clients have retired or have second homes.

The deal will bring a wider array of products and services to members of the $4.4 million-asset Yellowstone FCU, including online bill pay and a shared ATM network.

As part of this year's Best Practices Awards, CU Journal looks at a trio of institutions that have found creative and effective ways to bring in new funding.

Tanya Hobson will take over for Mechelle Johnson, who will step down in June after 24 years at the helm of the South Dakota-based institution.

Industry lawyers say the agency’s decision could have implications for other bankers looking to change jobs.

With desirable merger partners hard to find, some credit unions are starting to look well beyond their home base.

Holiday loans are up significantly at Blue Federal Credit Union this year thanks to improvements to the CU's mobile and online banking apps that allowed members to apply for -- and fund -- loans in a matter of minutes.

Monday’s eclipse is an astronomer’s dream, but CUs’ responses range from trying to make hay while the sun isn’t shining to preparing for potential disaster.

The $23 million-asset credit union has also extended an existing partnerhsip with Fiserv for credit and debit processing, and more.

Steven Pearson will suceed Cindy Bennet, who is retiring after 18 years at the credit union.

The president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank is best known for her dissenting votes on monetary policy, but that's not the only way she stands out. Her background as a farmer and former bank examiner gives her a unique perspective among Fed officials.

Middleburg Financial in Middleburg, Va., is facing pressure from its biggest shareholder to find a buyer.

First Express of Nebraska in Gering and First Wyoming Bancorp. in Laramie have agreed to merge. The companies did not disclose the price of the deal, which is expected to close by mid-2016.

WyHy Federal Credit Union and Western Vista Federal Credit Union have formed a managing CUSO known as UProsper Services Group, LLC, which they said will allow the CUs to collaborate as equal partners on a number of joint ventures.

Nationwide the number of bank branches fell by about 1.7% last year. But some cities and states were hit harder than others, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and research firm BankRegData.