The Credit Union National Association believes the NCUA has not moved quickly enough to grant an 18-month exam cycle to credit unions with $3 billion or less in assets.

Credit union trade groups are calling on the National Credit Union Association to raise the asset threshold for CUs eligible for an 18-month exam cycle, bringing them in line with community banks.

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank has transformed its summer intern program so that it is more structured and attracts students who could see themselves staying in the industry.

Washington Federal in Seattle allowed Anchor Bancorp to find another buyer after BSA issues forced it to withdraw its merger application.

The company will pay $142 million for Carolina Alliance Bank three months after buying NewDominion in Charlotte, N.C.

Using software from Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated, Bremer Bank says it will be able to approve automated loans to farmers within a minute.

Maria Tedesco's duties will include oversight of commercial, business and consumer banking at Union Bank & Trust.

Kanas, who returned to the banking industry as part of the recapitalization of the failed BankUnited, will relinquish the company's chairmanship at the end of this year.

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

For each of the last three years, Choice Financial has unveiled an elaborate practical joke on April 1 as part of a quirky marketing campaign.

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

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

A family-owned community bank in Oklahoma is testing a Spotify-like service by fintech Meed that allows customers to pay $9.95 a month to obtain digital banking services.

The proposed rule is another step in the agency's implementation of a regulatory relief bill that President Trump signed into law in May.

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.

A community bank in Pennsylvania made up its own holiday of sorts — including a product demonstration and a 1982 DeLorean reminiscent of "Back to the Future" — to encourage bank customers to try out new fintech features.

A companywide survey at First National Bank Alaska found that employees wanted more training and development. This is how the bank responded.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Many workers get extra days off to celebrate all kinds of things, from their birthdays to a good regulatory exam score, or as a reward for charitable giving and other community involvement.