American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions celebrates the senior executives guiding the future of the credit union industry, while also examining issues of mentorship and inclusion.

REV Federal Credit Union in suburban Charleston, South Carolina, plans to acquire First Neighborhood Bank in West Virginia. It marks the 15th deal this year involving a credit union buying a bank, closing in on 2022's record of 16 deals.

Read more about the honorees from the smallest asset class of this year's Best Credit Unions to Work For ranking.

Here is a look at the honorees from the 20 credit unions that made this year's Best Credit Unions to Work For ranking in this asset category.

Here are the honorees that fall into the midsize category for this year's Best Credit Unions to Work For.

Here are some highlights about the largest credit unions that made the 2024 ranking of the Best Credit Unions to Work For.

A minority of American Banker's Best Credit Unions to Work For report using AI. But such projects could help excite employees about their roles and eliminate routine work.

The institutions in American Banker's first grouping of top Credit Unions to Work For in 2024 are proving how important a fun but productive work environment can be.

American Banker's second grouping of the top institutions for 2024 are guided by leaders working to improve not just their offices, but the surrounding communities as well.

A representative of America's Credit Unions takes issue with a recent article suggesting that credit union commercial lending is excessively risky.

A Northwest credit union announced plans this week to buy a community bank, lifting the 2024 total of such deals to 13 and putting the year on track to set a record. The all-time annual high of 16 was set in 2022.

The dark secret about credit unions is that while rules have changed to allow them to make more commercial loans, their ability to underwrite those loans at scale is lacking. When the credit cycle turns, there's going to be a reckoning.

Following Sunday's news of President Biden's decision not to seek reelection, see how the past two administrations handled banking reforms and what the future might hold.

Leaders that have created virtual "branches" weighed in at American Banker's Digital Banking conference on how to approach implementation and what results have been like.

The Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial for Lutherans received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday for its industrial loan company application and planned merger between the institution and subsidiary Thrivent Federal Credit Union.

Statewide Federal Credit Union in Flowood used its partnerships with Bankjoy and Strum Platforms to identify untapped communities in its field of membership and aggressively market its inaugural high-yield savings account.

The Kansas financial institution is using Copper Financial's Guided Investing product that matches members to predesigned portfolios that suit their risk profile.

Leaders of financial institutions and industry trade groups are working together to provide impacted communities across the U.S. with basic necessities and quick, online emergency loans.

Branch office deposit data is among the most confidential information at a bank, especially those with many branches. Why have regulators made this sensitive competitive data public for banks and thrifts annually for over 50 years but not for credit unions?

The $1.1 billion-asset Vibrant is working with the San Francisco-based distributed ledger development firm Metallicus through its Metal Blockchain Banking Innovation Program to examine use cases.