Credit unions are hiring and promoting new loan officers to ramp up a key area of their operations.

Kennedy, who succeeds retiring CEO Lee Hancock, has served in executive positions at a variety of other credit unions.

Baby boomers may have been overtaken as the largest generation of consumers in America, but the older demographic still presents plenty of business opportunities for credit unions.

LeDu has formerly dealt with compliance matters for the Michigan Credit Union League, CU Solutions Group and more.

Planting trees, cleaning highways, rewarding young scholars and other ways credit unions are giving back to their communities

Both CUs have a history of serving members of the military.

One CU taps a new CFO and other leadership changes throughout the industry.

Doing the right thing to benefit the communities they serve is an integral part of the credit union difference.

Redwood keeps P2P efforts in house

Plenty of CUs make mistakes in their strategic planning sessions, but -- even more alarming -- there are a number of credit unions that don't do any strategic planning at all.

Experts identify the top 10 mistakes -- and how to avoid them or fix them if you've already made them.

From overconfidence to loss aversion, anchoring and the sunk-cost effect, here are some of the biggest pitfalls for CUs to avoid in strategic planning, according to the Filene Research Institute.

Donating money, food, time and more to help improve the lives of others.

Bob Aresti will retire in November, and the credit union has retained Giombertti Associates to conduct a search for its next leader.

AERO FCU, Truliant FCU join for debit card processing, call center support.

As NCUA continues work on creating another avenue for building capital, credit unions need to bone up on what the different terms mean and the potential impact.

Des Moines CU has expanded its FOM to include first responders, government employees and more.

What's more, loan officers' pay has dropped. At work behind these surprising trends is a blend of economic forces, technological change and pressure on banks and credit unions to pay entry-level employees better.

Stopping house fires, reducing poverty, protecting consumers and other ways credit unions are giving back.