The company will add $370 million in assets after buying the parent companies for First Bank & Trust and First Bank of Chandler.

From anniversary celebrations to bike donations, financial education and chili cook-offs, here's how credit unions are making a difference in the communities they serve.

With immigration and racial issues flaring across the country, a community bank owned by two families with opposing political views is undivided in helping noncitizens obtain work visas and prioritizing diversity in some very homogenous markets.

Jeffrey Seabold, Banc of California’s former vice chairman, alleges that he and ex-CEO Steven Sugarman were scapegoats for inappropriate behavior by certain directors and that the company manipulated its first-quarter earnings.

BankGuam, which is looking to sell $20 million of common stock, warned investors that North Korea represents a unique risk to its stock price.

Want employees to feel empowered to make decisions to help customers? Rewarding that behavior is one way to reinforce the message. Here’s how one South Dakota community bank goes about it — in a splashy, Super Bowl-sized way.

The digital bank will also help San Francisco-based Lendeavor’s expansion efforts.

The central bank said Wednesday that it will assess a range of options regarding its operational role in a modernized payment system, an issue that divides large and small banks.

The addition of John Stallings, who ran SunTrust's Virginia operations, is intended to make Union a more nimble institution, allowing CEO John Asbury to spend more time on strategic planning.

The acquisition will allow Eagle to expand into southwestern Montana.

Natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey reveal banks’ ability to lend a hand to communities in need, and to keep employees engaged and motivated for the initiatives that matter most.

The company said it could use the proceeds to fund acquisitions and to make more loans.

“You can’t serve the public if your employees are shellshocked,” said one top banker, comments echoed by other institutions dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Nothing like revelations of a client’s Ponzi scheme that lead to your bank paying $4 million in anti-money-laundering fines. That’s what happened at Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, but its CEO argues its compliance overhaul has given the bank a competitive advantage in cosmopolitan New York and South Florida.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Brent Cockerham of Moody National Bank ferried stranded residents to safety in Friendswood, Texas, one of the communities hit hardest by the storm.

The new owner of this Miami bank might be from Chile, but it sure knew how to create warm feelings with the employees it acquired. Instead of cutting back on benefits, it added some new ones — including a cash bonus paid for life events like having a child.

The Wisconsin company plans to shutter half of Bank Mutual's branches, including seven in Milwaukee.

Financial education, life-changing experiences and other ways credit unions are making a difference in the lives of children.