Practice and client management

Clara Green will head the Diversity and Inclusion Center of Expertise at the Alabama bank.

The new name comes after a public competition to help the $8.8 million-asset credit union rebrand itself.

Tekalign Gedamu, who would chair Marathon International Bank, says that Zekarias Tamrat is bad-mouthing the de novo effort following his dismissal and a subsequent payment disagreement. Tamrat was slated to be the bank's president.

Tory Nixon, who became Umpqua's chief banking officer this spring, is trying to drive more customers to use mobile banking (only 15% do so now industrywide) without alienating them in the process.

Helping the less fortunate, providing financial education, expanding to serve more members and other ways credit unions are giving back.

Zekarias Tamrat blamed the proposed Marathon International Bank's chairman and directors for delays in getting its application approved.

Three credit unions have signed on with the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based fintech aimed at helping consumers pay down credit card debt.

Cobalt Credit Union serves 14 counties across Nebraska and Iowa, but hopes to change to a state charter to help fuel further expansion.

Mary Scheib has spent 28 years with the credit union and is credited with playing a critical role in shaping the institution's strategy, budget and more.

A look at how credit unions are instilling a love of literature, helping the less fortunate and other ways the movement gives back.

Michaels is a third-generation credit union CEO and was an early member of the Crasher group, known today as the Cooperative Trust.

The Kalamazoo, Mich.-based credit union is the latest to celebrate a major asset milestone.

Payment companies have a responsibility to both merchants and consumers to emerge as brands in their own right, with values that resonate not just with the businesses they are supporting, but with the customers using their services, writes Koen Vanpraet, CEO of Intrapay.

Loan growth accelerated for those in our annual ranking of banks with assets of $10 billion to $50 billion. See which of these 65 regionals are the best performers.

Depending on the asset class, about 11%-18% of earnings per share came from tax savings. The looming question is how do they top themselves in 2019 when tax rates don’t change like they did this year.

Despite continued industry consolidation, the company still expects to have at least 10 chances each year to buy another bank.

In a win for bankers, a new state law is forcing major changes at two Iowa credit unions – and analysts say CUs in other states could face the same fate.

Industry veteran A.W. Pickel III became president of Waterstone Mortgage in June, and now the company has decided to promote him to succeed longtime CEO Eric Egenhoefer.

Time is running out to apply to win one of Credit Union Journal's Best Practices Awards.

More than 137,000 credit union members will now have access to the online car-buying program.