Credit unions

The nonprofit First Step Alliance is working to launch Diverge Federal Credit Union, which plans to offer loans to cover the costs of gender affirmation surgery for individuals and adoption for same-sex couples.

The products MSU Federal Credit Union in Michigan is developing for transgender and nonbinary members also appeal to international and indigenous people, who often go by names that don't match their birth certificates.

Arlington Community Federal Credit Union is combining with InFirst FCU, whose chief executive is retiring at the end of this year.

Gary Furtado will retire from his position as president and CEO of Navigant Credit Union, a position he has held since 1987, by the end of the year.

Bill Partin will step down on Dec. 31, having spent nearly 10 years as Sharonview’s president and chief executive.

The credit union has promoted Daniel Wolford to be its president and CEO. He succeeds Jeffery Trickett, who recently retired.

Linda White, who has led Upward for more than 24 years, will step down Sept. 1.

Industry leaders will discuss the most pressing issues of the day at this year's conference starting June 13.

The credit union’s members are disproportionately targeted by cybercrime. Password managers are critical to helping them protect themselves, said data security chief Mike Newborn.

Credit Union 1 and NuMark Credit Union have separately struck deals to build a presence in and around Chicago through the acquisition of community banks.

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.