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The Los Angeles company will also gain its first branches in Nevada after completing the $467 million acquisition.

The law could further boost the state’s already vibrant financial services sector as well as spur additional innovation across the state’s economy, writes Valentina Isakina, financial services marketing director for JobsOhio.

With the large storm threatening coasts in Virginia and the Carolinas, some banks are planning to shutter branches for the rest of this week.

Entrust Financial CU plans to merge into ValleyStar CU to create a $500 million institution.

NAFCU has canceled its annual Congressional Caucus in Washington in advance of the storm as credit unions in the Carolinas and Virginia do what they can to prepare and, in some cases, begin evacuations.

Happy State Bank and others use rewards, rather than punishments, to encourage employees to stay vigilant and catch fraud and cybersecurity issues.

Bankers in the East Coast hurricane's path — and everyone else — can learn from those who have survived natural disasters.

Just days after Honolulu-based Hawaiian Financial announced its rebranding, the credit union has merged with nearby Times FCU.

There's a flurry of credit union-related activity on tap in Washington this week, but it could all get pushed aside by Hurricane Florence.

Casey Crawford, CEO of Movement Mortgage, bought First State Bank in Virginia last year. He has since injected more capital into the bank in an effort to reinvent it.