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After sponsoring the Poinsettia Bowl for 12 years, SDCCU will hang its name on bowl game with four decades of history.

Koger Propst was also named CEO of the company's $2.6 billion-asset ANB Bank.

Steven Leafgreen has been appointed president and CEO of Western Vista CU in Cheyenne, Wyo., succeeding retiring CEO John Balser.

ID.me raised $19 million in a Series B round that was led by FTV Capital and included USAA.

Investar will pay $46 million in cash for Citizens, which has three branches and $246 million in assets.

Joseph Greco previously served as CEO of Southern Connecticut Bancorp, which sold itself to Liberty Bank in 2013.

Credit unions affiliated with the league that serves Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will see some of their dues money returned.

State Street Global Advisors has placed a statue, titled "The Fearless Girl," across from the iconic bull statue in lower Manhattan to draw attention to gender diversity on boards.

The company also seems to be shifting the narrative to operational performance after addressing claims of questionable insider dealings.

Wells Fargo community banking head Mary Mack is seeking three new deputies and shaking up regional leadership of the division she inherited after a bogus-account scandal.

It's last call to participate in Credit Union Journal's annual Best Credit Unions to Work For, honoring credit unions with the best employee satisfaction and engagement.

Dupont Community CU names a trio of vice presidents and other credit union professionals in the news.

Premier Asset Management will add $550 million of assets under management to a platform that First Midwest has historically built with organic growth.

The agreement comes three months after Astoria and New York Community Bancorp called off plans to merge.

The Chicago company postponed a vote planned late last year after a surge in bank stocks changed the math behind the cash-and-stock transaction.

Cache Valley Bank in Utah agreed to buy Proficio's deposits and most of its assets.

Customer outreach is far from the actual core function of bank marketers: producing bottom-line results.

Caliber will also buy about $36 million of mortgage servicing rights in a deal that is expected to close at the end of March.

Consulting firm’s aim is to proactively connect credit unions with consumers.