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A new report from the National Credit Union Administration shows how hard the industry was hit during the second quarter as businesses closed and consumer spending dropped.

Several community banks that put buybacks on hold during the pandemic’s earliest days have recently authorized new plans, signaling an easing in regulatory pressure and greater comfort with capital levels.

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The New Mexico company had recently hired James Crotty, a former director at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, to serve as its co-CEO.

Institutions considering new technologies must ask themselves what they're looking for not just from a product but from a partner.

A New York CDFI is halfway to its $100 million fundraising goal for a fund that would put deposits in Black-owned banks and make loans to key businesses or projects. It hopes the moves will improve availability of capital and access to mainstream financial products.

Texas Trust Credit Union boosted loan volumes with a marketing tool inspired by “Game of Thrones,” but gamification strategies can be risky in light of data privacy concerns.

Several community banks are warning Congress that their participation in the Paycheck Protection Program could cause them to cross a threshold that may lead to, among other things, supervision by the CFPB and a cap on interchange fees.

The New Jersey company will add three branches in the northern part of the state as part of the transaction.

The company also plans to shed some corporate office space by the end of this year.

The company is selling $355 million of Paycheck Protection Program credits to The Loan Source, a nonbank lender that is also buying PPP loans from three other banks.

When it comes to branch cleanliness and mask-wearing, the San Francisco bank is more diligent than its rivals in helping to reduce the spread of coronavirus, according to a new study.

The purchase-and-assumption transaction, if approved, would become the first credit union-bank merger in Alabama.

Many community banks, like Peoples Community in Wisconsin, say they proceeded despite the technological challenges presented by social distancing because the crisis has exposed the shortcomings of their digital systems.

The state's financial regulator sent a subpoena to an auto-title lender seeking information about its partnership with a Utah bank, marking the first public disclosure of an investigation into efforts to evade a 2019 law capping interest rates on many consumer loans.

The California company has acquired Mid-Central Federal Savings Bank, which is converting to a national bank.

The Vermont-based credit union received the OK from federal regulators to add 650,000 potential members to its FOM, an increase of 15%.

Piedmont Federal Savings is working with historically Black colleges and universities to hire and train prospective commercial lenders and managers who better reflect the community it serves.

The fintech Wealthfront's latest wrinkle gives clients a high level of control over their money, including the ability to set automatic transfers to savings accounts or exchange-traded funds.