Americas

Sturgis Bancorp in Sturgis, Mich., has agreed to buy West Michigan Savings Bank in Bangor.

BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., will close or relocate all of its branches inside grocery stores in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in a move it says will reduce overhead by $7 million to $8 million a year.

WASHINGTON — Boulder, Col.-based Elevations CU here has been named one of four recipients of the 2014 Baldridge Award from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

DOTHAN, Ala. — Five Star Credit Union has completed its merger with Georgia Coastal Federal Credit Union.

The $5.8 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that Shelley Seifert would fill the newly created role.

WASHINGTON — Merchant and financial services groups are again at odds over cybersecurity policy, sparring over who's to blame for recent data breaches and how lawmakers can ensure greater protections.

Carver Bancorp in New York has named a new chief lending officer and president of its community development unit.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The next deadline for CUs interested in applying for free consulting help from the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives (OSCUI) is Nov. 30, the NCUA announced Wednesday.

HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., has hired a team of commercial lenders to open its first office in Raleigh, N.C.

ConnectOne Bancorp in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., expects to record a charge in the fourth quarter tied to an online fraud scheme.