Practice and client management

The $10.6 million-asset credit union has selected Credit Union Resources, Inc. to conduct a search for CEO Cecil Barker's replacement.

Some banks pay their leaders 200 to 300 times more than branch employees, according to recently filed corporate disclosures. The findings raise a host of questions about fairness, whether outsize pay promotes “too big to manage,” and how investors will use this new information in fights with management.

The Alabama company will enter Sarasota, Fla., after buying Premier for $52 million.

Payment data can also reveal insights for companies to foster better relationships with customers and vendors or suppliers, writes Matt Clark, president and COO of Corcentric.

The $6 million acquisition will add four businesses with a total of $700 million in assets under management.

One credit union shakes up its mangement team with a bevy of new promotions, including five new branch managers, and more new hires, promotions and other personnel news.

President and CEO Wendell Lyons will retire early next year, to be succeeded by current EVP Debbie Painter. Both have spent approximately four decades in the movement.

Loyalty programs should enhance your brand through all your customer-facing marketing. Macy’s Star Rewards is all over their social media, stores and supporting materials. Plenti doesn’t say anything about the Macy’s brand. It only enhances the Plenti brand, writes Tom Caporaso, CEO of Clarus Commerce.

The Indiana-based credit union made significant gains in membership, lending, assets and more.

Celebrating new facilities, corporate philanthropy and other ways credit unions are giving back to their communities.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised ethics concerns about Mick Mulvaney's dual role leading both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget.

Independent Bank Group said the firms had become shareholders after it bought Carlile Bancshares last year.

From donations to sponsorships, financial education and more, here's how credit unions are giving back to their communities and keeping the focus on kids.

While optimistic about the economy, bankers at this year's ICBA convention are still concerned about credit unions and other nonbanks, the role of technology, weakness in the agricultural sector and succession planning.

The bank, which has branches in eight states and operates a nationwide real estate business, said that the proposed new name, Bank OZK, would better reflect its geographic reach.

Juntosavanzamos.org is designed to help consumers locate credit unions that participate in the rapidly growing Juntos Avanzamos program.

A Maryland CEO earns accolades for his leadership, an up-and-comer wins a seat at the table, plus new hires and promotions.

Park National, which came to regret its acquisition of a Florida bank just before the financial crisis, took more than a year to vet NewDominion before making an offer.

As financial institutions find themselves at the center of political fights on topics like energy financing, marijuana and guns, they should avoid caving in to activist demands.

Butke has been in credit unions for 40 years, the past 25 building the Ohio-based corporate.