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PHOENIX — As the real estate market rebounds in the Grand Canyon state's capital, once credit union here reports that a new mortgage program is attracting significant new lending business.

MILWAUKEE — A 24-year-old woman was sentenced last week to three years in prison for taking part in robbing a credit union where she worked.

Metro Bancorp, a company under fire from activist investors, has adopted a shareholder rights agreement that will provide common stock shareholders a dividend of one right per share.

Union Bankshares in Richmond, Va., and Entegra Financial in Franklin, N.C., are rebranding their banks.

Georgia state regulators on Friday closed the $272 million-asset Capitol City Bank & Trust Co., in Atlanta, the third institution to fail this year.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has introduced a bill that would impose new regulations on employers that pay workers through payroll cards.

ALBUQUERQU — New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union unveiled its new name — Nusenda Credit Union — which it said represents the organization's "diverse membership and evolved banking experience."

The New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to sell its card services subsidiary Covera Solutions Inc., to CO-OP Financial Services.

H&R Block in Kansas City, Mo., and BofI Holding in San Diego have pushed back the closing date for transferring ownership of H&R Block Bank.

Gary Patton Hall Jr. hid underperforming and at-risk loans from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the bank's loan committee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in its indictment Thursday.