SAN DIEGO – San Diego County CU will mark the opening of its 28th branch Saturday with the help of the Charger Girls, the cheerleaders for the NFL’s Chargers, along with Heath Bell, pitcher for the San Diego Padres baseball team.

Agricultural loans are performing better than other credits, but signs of weakness are all around, and bankers are worried that regulators will overreact.

Corporate credit unions should be limited to providing a defined set of services, according to a joint task force formed by two trade groups for credit unions in the wake of two large failures this year.

At least two community banking companies announced plans Tuesday to raise capital, some of which may be used to repay government capital.

UCBH Holdings Inc.'s troubles have deepened, as the San Francisco company ousted its chief executive of 18 years and another top manager amid allegations of fraud. The $13.8 billion-asset UCBH, which caters to Chinese immigrants, said an investigation by its board found that "certain bank officers" had tried to disguise credit problems and misled the company's finance department and outside auditors.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – -UT FCU is planning to open a new branch in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center on the Knoxville campus.

UCBH Holdings Inc. has entered into deals with state and federal regulators to "strengthen and stabilize" the California-based bank as its top two executives resigned.

WASHINGTON — Federal and state regulators shut five banks in Iowa, Missouri, Arizona and Illinois late Friday, raising the number of failures this year to 89.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Officials with Escambia County have approved a $1 million grant for Navy FCU to help the credit union giant expand its call center here.

NEWARK, Ohio – Fiberglass FCU has donated its former office on John Street to the IBEW, a labor union of Owens Corning.

For the first time in the nearly 20 years that enforcement actions have been made public, the FDIC released a notice of charges against the banks that refused to consent to the proposed orders.

TierOne Corp. in Lincoln, Neb., announced Friday that it plans to shrink its assets by a quarter through a branch sale to Great Western Bank, the Sioux Falls, S.D., unit of National Australia Bank.

More credit unions are trying to court younger members by offering innovative products, such as contactless debit cards and mobile banking services, according to industry insiders.

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Jay Kislak, chairman of the real estate investment company J.I. Kislak Inc., has applied to receive a shelf charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Take a minute this week to make sure your branch managers remember that, in our increasingly demanding branch environments, coaching shouldn't be a spectator sport.

Regulators closed the $452 million-asset Bradford Bank in Baltimore on Friday. It was a mutual bank owned by the holding companies Bradford Bank MHC and Bradford Mid-Tier Co.

YORK, Penn. – First Capital FCU celebrated the grand opening of its new ‘green’ branch on Saturday.

JANESVILLE, Wis. – Students at Craig and Parker high schools started the school year Monday with a new amenity, each had their own credit union, courtesy of Blackhawk Community CU.

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