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Sussex Bancorp, which recently completed its first whole-bank acquisition, is rebranding itself as SB One Bancorp.

The company will merge with Kentucky Federal Savings and Loan by the end of this year.

The former TMG CEO will leave CO-OP this month to join CUNA Mutual Group's AdvantEdge Analytics.

Premier Financial agreed to buy First Bank of Charleston for $33 million.

The Florida-based credit union service organization's 2017 dividend was nearly 20% higher than what it paid out for 2016.

Insights from the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations' 2018 conference, taking place this week at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif.

The $4 billion-asset milestone comes one year after the East Lansing, Mich.-based credit union hit the $1 billion mark for mortgage lending.

The Illinois company has agreed to buy Springfield Bancshares for $87 million.

Banks may need to do more to help small businesses after a hurricane, flood or other calamity as those firms tend to favor nonbank lenders after an emergency for a number of reasons, according to research by four regional Federal Reserve banks.

Peach State Federal Credit Union acquired a former branch of DOCO Credit Union after the latter made the decision to leave the Toccoa, Ga., market.

United FCU names new chief financial officer, two credit unions appoint new operations heads and more upwardly mobile executives.

Community banks are increasingly turning to account onboarding technology to help them solve a growing problem — how to win new customers without opening physical branches.

A Virginia bank's decision to pursue a charter in North Carolina puzzles some observers, given the added complexity and costs.

The Alabama bank agreed to buy Peoples Bank for $23 million as part of a plan to target new Southeastern markets.

Gemalto is working with Lebanon-based areeba to test a biometric contactless Visa EMV card in the Middle East that uses a fingerprint to authorize transactions.

Gary Shook, who led Middleburg Financial before its sale to Access National, has become president of Blue Ridge's bank.

Instilling a love of books, providing financial education, rebuilding hurricane-damanged CUs and other ways credit unions are giving back.

Banks should rethink even existing services, such as the branch experience, said top executives at the Oracle Industry Connect conference.

From partnerships and donations to Reality Fairs and contests, here's how credit unions are giving back to their communities.

Stilwell Group is trying to win a board seat at Wayne Savings Bancshares.