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Citizens & Northern Corporation in Wellsboro, Pa., has named J. Bradley Scovill its new president and chief executive officer.

The $94 billion-asset company said in a press release Monday that it had hired Terry Jenkins as president of Key Private Bank. He is succeeding Tim Swanson, who will remain KeyCorp's chief investment officer.

WABASH, Ind. — Beacon CU is acquiring Midwest Ag Finance, in a rare credit union-bank purchase and assumption.

HARRISBURG, Penn. — Credit unions in the Keystone State are about to have their voices heard by a potentially very big audience.

Cheviot Financial in Cincinnati will soon have a new chief executive.

Jeffrey Brown, suddenly elevated to CEO of Ally Financial, will have to accelerate the auto lender's diversification plan started by his predecessor, Michael Carpenter. Brown will need to explore new sources of originations, funding and investments.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Two Kansas credit unions on Monday announced their intention to merge in 2016, which, if approved by all parties, would create one of the largest CUs in the Sunflower State with $450 million in assets, 47,500 members and 10 branches.

Management training programs are slowly returning to smaller banks decades after belt-tightening led to their demise. Rigorous regulatory scrutiny, combined with a need for improved risk management and increased income, are spurring the comeback.

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — 360 FCU here has been granted a community charter from NCUA.

Two credit unions are charging into this year's Super Bowl ad-buying spree.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Johnson City FCU here has a new name, reflecting its expansion from serving members in just one county in Tennessee to seven counties throughout the Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia region.

Cullen/Frost Bankers in San Antonio has a new president.

OSHKOSH, Wis. — If three's a crowd, what's four? Even better, at CitizensFirst CU.

Local bankers will try to pick up any business that could fall out as a result of the merger. And with one less bank to buy in Southern California, remaining franchises also may command scarcity value.

MADISON, Wis. — An aging credit union membership and the accompanying need to attract younger members is a message oft-heard by CUs in the United States, but the World Council of Credit Unions wants to solve the issue globally.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Members of Sunnyvale Federal Credit Union voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of merging their institution into Technology Credit Union, Tech CU said Wednesday.

U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis has promoted Andrew Cecere to become its chief operating officer.

Bankwell Financial Group in New Canaan, Conn., has hired a new chief strategy officer.

The president's job at Northwest Indiana Bancorp of Munster, Ind., has been passed on to a fourth generation of Bochnowski. The company said Benjamin Bochnowski, who remains the company's chief operating officer, will have the same posts at its bank.

Florida became the latest state to legalize gay marriage last week, bringing the number of states allowing same-sex couples to wed to more than 30—and possibly adding a whole new market for credit unions to target.