Practice and client management

From technology donations for students to helping children in crisis and preventing drunk driving, here's how credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.

A judge in North Carolina granted a request by First Citizens to block KS Bancorp from enacting a shareholder rights plan.

Luckily for Amazon, the OCC is no longer “the angry dad on the porch with a shotgun," trying to keep tech companies from hooking up with banks. JPMorgan Chase’s Amber Baldet can pack a room for a lesson on blockchains. And it is the end of catcalls in France.

The company said it could raise up to $25 million through the initial public offering.

AxiomGo is being offered to customers seeking alternatives to prepaid cards and traditional checking accounts.

As tax reform spurs demand, a rising rate environment is making the short-term loans more appealing to banks.

MSUFCU boasts top female executive, SECU of Maryland names community market leaders and more new hires, promotions and awards.

Robert Selander was named an independent director of the embattled credit bureau, which is still trying to regain public confidence after a huge data breach last year.

Berkery will be succeeded by Michael Blum as the chairman of UBS Bank USA. A Merrill Lynch alum, Berkery was part of the turnaround team at UBS' wealth management unit, and during her tenure, the lending book at its bank more than doubled in size.

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.