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Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

When potential sellers are skittish, a merger pitch from a peer who’s been through it can make the difference.

Behavioral data about Hispanics’ use of digital payments is scarce, but the sector as a whole spends more than $1.4 trillion annually and its population growth rate significantly outpaces the mainstream, based on U.S. Census Bureau data.

The credit union service organization now offers real estate services to a dozen CUs in Florida.

KS Bancorp is buying back all the shares that First Citizens acquired in an effort to take over the much smaller bank.

The company agreed to buy the parent of First National Bank of Crossett for about $13 million.

The most common credit union mergers involve a small credit union being acquired by a much larger one, but that could be changing, as three recent deals involving credit unions with more than $300 million in assets as the ones being merged out.

Murray Williams has been with the league for 22 years and has served as chief operating officer since 2011.

Bigger credit unions present a formidable challenge for banks in areas such as business lending.

With the 2018 hurricane season just around the corner, a recent report from the Federal Reserve highlights how much competition credit unions face when it comes to lending to small businesses recovering from natural disasters.