Wyoming

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.