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Rajinder P. Singh said he deliberated awhile before deciding he’s game for the challenge of succeeding John Kanas, and he sought to reassure any investors who had expected Kanas wouldn’t go without selling the bank.

While the August jobs report may temporarily stave off the next interest rate increase from the Fed, one recent report shows credit unions are making only average gains this summer.

The executive who sold North Fork to Capital One for billions of dollars and later revived BankUnited discusses his plans, and reflects on a long career, now that he is retiring as BankUnited's CEO.

Scott Conway's resignation from the $292 million-asset bank took effect Aug. 29, according to a regulatory filing issued on Thursday by the bank's holding company, Farmers Capital Bank Corp. in Frankfort, Ky.

Biz Kid$, the credit union-funded public television series, will receive 14 new grants from the National Credit Union Foundation as part of its efforts to teach children about money management and entrepreneurship.

Madison, Wis.-based University of Wisconsin (UW) Credit Union on Wednesday said it has entered into a multi-year partnership with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Coastal Banking Co. in Beaufort, S.C., promoted Charles Wagner to president and hired Thomas Flournoy to be its new chief financial officer.

Independent think tank Filene Research Institute, based out of Madison, Wisc., announced 16 credit union executives have been accepted into its i³ innovation program.

The challenges of running a business become exponentially greater when managers seem to be spending more and more of their time finding and training new team members than in actually executing strategy.

With pre-season already underway and the regular season kicking off next week, get ready to see a lot more credit union in your weekly NFL games.

Eau Claire, Wis.-based Royal Credit Union on Monday said its acquisition of a Capital Bank location in Saint Paul, Minn., is complete.

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Baileyville, Maine-based Consolidated Solutions LLC, an indirect lending CUSO that serves a number of Maine credit unions, recently celebrated a milestone when it reached $1 billion in loans.

Roughly once a quarter senior executives at Community Bank in Brandon, Miss., take a select group of up-and-coming managers on a three-day retreat. The trips are part of a management training course known as the Falcon Program that took flight in 2012.

Family Security Credit Union, a $580-million institution based in Decatur, Ala., said it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets and assume the deposits of the privately held Bank of Pine Hill, based in Pine Hill, Ala.

Members of $29 million POSTMARK Credit Union, Harrisburg, Pa., on Thursday voted "overwhelmingly" to approve a merger with $952 million Xceed Financial Credit Union, based in El Segundo, Calif.

San Diego County Credit Union in Calif. reported above standard ratios, stable assets and increased member growth during the second-quarter.

Workers’ Credit Union, a $1.4-billion institution based in Fitchburg, Mass., has finished updating all of its sixteen branches with what it referred to as a “bold new look,” thereby completing the first portion of a program that commenced in May of this year.

New Bancorp in New Buffalo, Mich., has hired Shawna Zawada as controller and principal financial officer, days after Russell Dahl resigned as chief financial officer.

In 15 years of partnering with race organizers, CUs have raised $7.5 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.