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.

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.

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.

With the island still feeling the effects of Hurricane Maria five years earlier, organizations like the Inclusiv Network and the National Credit Union Foundation are providing support to institutions and residents starting to rebuild.

The University of Maryland program announced a 10-year partnership with SECU in Maryland, and Seton Hall University's program will partner with Affinity Federal Credit Union in New Jersey.

Vermont State Employees Credit Union is attracting new cannabis clients so rapidly that it had to press the pause button to add staff. Another New England lender, Needham Bank, is building its own pot banking business through acquisition.

Federal credit union boards would be able to dismiss a problematic customer in a streamlined process under the National Credit Union Administration's tentative plan.

The Saginaw credit union named Derrick Barber as its new president and chief executive. Barber will succeed Gerald Hutto, who will be retiring.

From avocado-toast debit cards to pumpkin spice-themed loans, financial institutions are running culinary initiatives to bring consumers to the table.

Geoff Bullock will succeed Phil Jones, who is retiring after 15 years of leading Harborstone.

Jennifer Borowy, Michigan First Credit Union's chief operations officer, will take over as chief executive when Michael Poulos, the longtime CEO, retires in October.

People Trust Community Federal Credit Union in Arkansas will provide depository services not offered by its sponsoring community development financial institution, the People Trust Community Loan Fund.