The decision comes after a decade in which several U.S.-based institutions elected to drop the words "credit union" from their branding.

The Flint-based credit union is the state's third in just over one year to get the OK for an expansion allowing anyone who lives or works in the state to join.

Any business loan growth the industry sees this year will be closely tied to mass vaccination efforts and a broader economic recovery, meaning it may take until at least the third quarter for pent-up demand to translate into new opportunities.

The Maryland-based credit union has promoted Chief Operating Officer Tonia Niedzialkowski to president of the organization with an eye toward eventually naming her CEO.

Randy Glassburn spent 33 years in the industry and recently led his credit union through a merger into Financial Center First Credit Union.

California Polytechnic State University is said to be seeking a new banking partner, a move that could leave the university-based credit union without a home.

T.J. Tijerina, a 16-year employee at the Houston-based credit union, has taken over as president and CEO in advance of Ron Downing’s retirement later this year.

Catherine Galicia formerly led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's legislative affairs division, and has extensive experience in banking and on Capitol Hill.

After rising losses in 2020, First Credit Union of Scranton is seeking members' approval to merge into Penn East FCU.

Some in the industry are planning in-person events, but the largest meetings are still unlikely to reconvene for a while.

The credit union regulator's first prohibitions of 2021 relate to misuse of member funds at institutions in Alaska and Florida.

Donna Young, who has spent more than three decades at the Nashville-based credit union, succeeds Joe Spivey, who retired earlier this year.

The credit union expects to open at least eight branches across the country in the months ahead, about half of what it normally adds to its brick-and-mortar network in an average year.

A deal to bring Coulee Dam FCU into the fold will expand the Spokane, Wash.-based credit union's branch network while providing a wider array of technologies to the former CDFCU members.

Kathleen Bierlein Yancer served the Michigan-based institution for more than 30 years before retiring in 2003.

The regulator must rediscover bipartisanship and collaboration while ensuring new regulations don't overstep the Federal Credit Union Act.

The Indiana-based credit union increased its starting pay for the second time in two years as part of a push to boost compensation that began in 2017.

The credit union will provide a one-time stimulus check for all employees who worked through the COVID-19 crisis, similar to a recent move at Bank of America.

Todd Harper, a Democrat, says he will continue his efforts to increase the agency's consumer advocacy role, despite opposition from the industry and two Republican board members.

The Bridgewater, N.J.-based credit union promoted Frank Almeida to president and CEO, the final step in process it began when he was hired in 2014.