The combined institution will serve almost 75,000 members with nearly $660 million in assets.

The California-based institution joins a small group of CUs that represent only about 7% of institutions but hold about 70% of industry assets.

The deal is expected to close sometime next year but is still subject to regulatory and member approval.

The number of religiously affiliated credit unions continues to dwindle and many have changed their name as part of a push to diversify their fields of membership.

The expansion will give the $416 million-asset institution a deeper reach into southern parts of the state.

Regulators have approved the Colorado institution's bid to serve consumers across three different counties.

Members of St. Matthews Federal Credit Union are set to vote on whether to join the $2.3 billion-asset Chartway before the end of the year.

Having already changed charters for a statewide field of membership, the Jackson, Mich.-based institution will now merge with Washtenaw Federal Credit Union.

Go Federal Credit Union CEO Bert Beal will take the helm of the combined institution once they join America's Credit Union.

The competition has leading-edge technology, but consumers may be looking for more than just bells and whistles when choosing where to do their banking.