Practice and client management

Credit unions across the country are increasing their charitable giving for the 2019 holiday season.

Renee Ouellette has taken the helm as a permanent successor to UCU's previous CEO, who took a position with a bank earlier this year.

Following a merger earlier this fall, McCone County FCU has unveiled its new name.

Members of Southwest Colorado Federal Credit Union in Durango have approved a deal that will see the $55 million-asset shop merge into Credit Union of Colorado.

The state has proposed a law to cap the interest rate on certain consumer loans, but nonbanks aim to skirt it by seeking a rent-a-charter.

The upstate New York company will gain branches in Rochester as part of its $35 million purchase of FSB Bancorp.

The company will pay about $58 million in cash for Melrose Bancorp.

Coastal Credit Union and Hascom FCU have added to their IT departments while others have appointed board members, recognized employee landmarks and more.

Five years after rebranding as a growth strategy, small Turbine FCU has been approved to merge into Durham, N.C.-based Self-Help Credit Union.

The Tennessee company said Rob Garcia will be in charge of building a commercial banking team in the city.

The company will pay $94 million for a bank with operations in New Jersey's Somerset and Morris counties.

The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Pennsylvania company will pay $65 million for six branches that will join its Buffalo, N.Y., division.

The company, which recently bought Monument Bank, has agreed to acquire Covenant Financial.

Charles Peck, the head of public finance, is temporarily joining the leadership of the public affairs team.

A dearth of bigger acquirers will likely force more banks with less than $2 billion in assets ⁠to seek out their own deals.

The New Jersey company paid $336 million for all stock owned by Blue Harbour Group.

It's no longer enough to conduct traditional demographic analysis of customers. TD Bank wants to know what is going on with individual consumers at any given moment and respond accordingly.

The credit union service organization has returned more than $20 million to member-owner institutions each year since at least 2016.

Regulators said the living wills of six banks — not Goldman or JPM — need tweaking; the investment values the global business travel unit at $5 billion.