Practice management

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Several years into the oil boom in Western North Dakota, two credit unions say that for all the growth they've seen, there's no escaping a very real people problem.

LAS VEGAS — The CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council honored four individuals for their achievements in marketing and business development during a ceremony at the group's recent Annual Conference here.

LAS VEGAS — Gesa Credit Union won the Diamond Best of Show Award — the highest honor in the CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council's Diamond Awards competition — during the Council's 22nd annual conference here.

HOQUIAM, Wash. — Five years ago Newrizons FCU was facing collapse — suffering steep drops in membership, loans, and assets. It was a situation so severe that NCUA issued the tiny institution a prompt corrective action warning.

TACOMA, Wash. — Sound CU is looking to acquire tiny Port of Seattle Federal Credit Union via merger.

RYE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Employees Federal Credit Union will merge into USAlliance Federal Credit Union, here, effective March 28.

MOLINE, Ill. — DHCU is changing its name to Vibrant CU.

First West Virginia Bancorp in Wheeling has removed the interim tag from William Petroplus' title as president and chief executive.

OSHKOSH, Wis.—Verve, a Credit Union, is set to merge with Two Rivers Community CU toward the end of 2015—Verve's fourth merger in two years.

TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., has a new president. The $19.4 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that Craig Dahl had taken on the newly created post.

AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., has a new chief executive.

Ally Bank, which has been known for online deposit-gathering and ads that poked fun at traditional banks, was the envy of some in the industry and a source of anger for others. But now it is looking to alter its business model as its struggling parent company retools.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City has hired a SunTrust Banks executive to replace Doyle Arnold, who is retiring in May as chief financial officer.

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — While most credit unions say they would like to attract younger members, Boulder Dam CU reports a remarkable 85% penetration of 18-to-29 year olds in its field of membership.

In the last five years, a growing number of CUs have dropped the words "credit union" (or "federal credit union") from their names or do business in a manner that downplays their credit union status.

BOULDER, Colo. — Two credit unions here plan to come together in a "merger of equals."

New York — McGraw-Hill FCU's "Financial Wellness Center" doesn't look like a typical credit union branch.

Four Oaks Bank in North Carolina has named Warren "Rocky" Herring its chief credit officer. Herring had held the same job at Premier Commercial Bank in Greensboro, N.C., before NewBridge Bancorp bought it last month.

SAN FRANCISCO — To partner eligible members with potential credit unions they can join, Sam Brownell has launched a KickStarter campaign here for Credit Union Match.

RIVERDALE, Utah — Long a fixture in Utah America First CU has been slowly expanding into Southern Nevada.