Credit unions

The National Credit Union Administration's proposal increases spending by 8.1% from 2022, which agency officials say is still an improvement from the previously approved 12.3% hike.

David Deborde has been named president and chief executive, taking over for his mother, Cheryl, who is retiring.

A board member of the National Credit Union Administration urges vigilance against threats that many institutions ignore at their peril.

Since 1982, the Small Business Administration's 7(a) program has been restricted almost entirely to banks and credit unions. A proposed rule would open it to fintech lenders.

Neil Ray Sommers, who was 74, was succeeded by Bret Fisher, Achieve's director of operations the past three years.

Local Government Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina, has relied on State Employees' Credit Union's guidance — and branch network — since the smaller institution's inception in 1983. But that relationship was never supposed to be permanent.

Even legal dispensaries can be risky business partners, so Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union is working with Green Check Verified to make sure everything is above board. "Just because somebody has a license from the state, they can't show up with a duffel bag full of cash like Scarface and say let's do business together," Green Check CEO Kevin Hart said.

The $1.1 billion-asset credit union — now known as Skyla Credit Union — changed its name to reflect an August 2021 merger with the neighboring Premier Federal Credit Union.

The National Credit Union Administration took charge of O.F. Toalston Federal Credit Union and Mingo County Education Federal Credit Union over concerns of unsafe and unsound business practices.

Dennis Halpin will conclude his 18-year tenure with the credit union in January.

The Hauppauge, New York, institution plans to take advantage of its open charter that allows anyone in the U.S. to join after several years of building out its infrastructure to support a national business. Bankers decried the move as further overreach by the credit union industry.

Centric named Rodney Parker as its new CEO. He succeeds Chris Craighead, who retired after 30 years as the credit union's leader.

Financial institutions of all sizes — from JPMorgan Chase to SouthState to Fairwinds Credit Union — have reopened many branches, rolled out mobile banking units as well as reemployed pandemic-era digital and loan-forgiveness strategies in parts of Florida and South Carolina devastated by the powerful hurricane.

The National Credit Union Administration shuttered Paducah Teachers Federal Credit Union in Kentucky after it was declared insolvent with no chance for recovery.

Discovery Federal Credit Union in Wyomissing has promoted its chief information officer, Michele Smith, to succeed Edwin Williams as CEO. Smith assumed her new role effective October 1.

The America's Credit Union Museum recognized twenty prominent pioneers for their accomplishments and storied careers. It's the first such exhibit in the New Hampshire facility's 20-year history.

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U.S. banks closed almost 3,000 more branches than they opened last year, but credit unions' branch count crept up in the second quarter despite consumers' heavier reliance on digital channels for account management.

Mike Swalley, the longtime president and CEO of the North Chesterfield, Virginia, credit union, will retire next year. An internal search committee has partnered with D. Hilton Associates to find a successor.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said a shifting landscape has made it difficult for community banks to compete. She called for bank merger reform to make community bank M&A easier.