Credit unions

Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Patricia Moskal ruled that Orion Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of Financial Federal Bank is legal under Tennessee law. The decision provides a road map for courts in other states to follow for similar M&A deals.

First City Credit Union in Altadena, California, named Nav Khanna president and chief executive. He was most recently executive vice president and chief operating officer at Travis Credit Union in Vacaville, California.

Kelly Botti will succeed longtime chief executive Rick Stipa effective Aug. 1.

The National Credit Union Administration barred three former credit union employees from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution.

Denise Floyd is retiring as the head of Fort Sill Federal Credit Union in Lawton, Oklahoma. The $365 million-asset credit union hired Cornerstone Resources to find its next leader.

Through the development of data-driven DEI benchmarks and increased dialogue with both multicultural staffers and customers, these executives are helping to cultivate more representative talent.

The $384 million-asset OUR Credit Union in Royal Oak, Michigan, hired Darren Cameron to replace the retiring Tina Dix as its new president and CEO.

TikTok and Instagram star Emily Zeck — aka That Pineapple Girl — is one of the young celebrities helping Community Credit Union Florida educate local high schoolers about how to handle money in the digital era.

Bankers are not pleased with a new bill introduced by Maxine Waters, D-Calif. — aiming to help underserved markets — that would expand credit unions' membership and remove restrictions on their business lending.

Bob Bruns, who has been with the North Carolina credit union for roughly 40 years, handed the reins to Eric Gelly on May 1.