bank mergers

• Florida’s Insight Unveils Branch/FOM Expansion, Bidding on Bank Property

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 4, 2012

  Orlando credit union bidding on Ocala-area branches of failed bank, wins expansion into six west-central counties.

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  Guest Opinion: Top Credit Unions Are Held Back by Industry’s Shortcomings

  By Peter Duffy  |  April 29, 2012

  A new analysis by Sandler O’Neill underscores how critical the sheer size of financial institutions has become to their surviving and thriving. Yet top performing credit unions are being held back by a systemic lack of accountability.

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  Failed Mergers Caused by Multiple Factors

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 12, 2012

  The postmortem on last month’s two failed merger attempts that were victims of member opposition hits on three ingredients: poor communications, a rushed timetable and lack of enough advance explanation to constituents and the public.

• Failure to Merge: Print Preview

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 9, 2012

  In this Print Preview from next week's edition, industry experts look behind the recent rejection of proposed mergers in Louisiana and Montana.

• SBA: CUs Pick Up Lending Slack

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 25, 2011

  Over the past 24 years, when banks were pulling back on lending to businesses, it appears credit unions were quietly and consistently stepping in to fill the void.

• Reports of the Death of Small Credit Unions are Greatly Exaggerated

  By Mike Schenk  |  July 21, 2011

  CUNA economist: Despite size, small credit unions surviving at same rate as small banks.

• Change in the Wind Reveals Which Business Deposits Are Primed for Growth

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 25, 2010

  While Sound Credit Union's business services program has been in place since July 2007, a litany of bank mergers and closures in the area has helped propel its business deposit portfolio over the last year.

• Franklin Mint to Merge With Main Line Health

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 9, 2010

  The $600 million Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union of Broomall, Pa., announced last week an agreement in principle to merge the $52 million

• Franklin Mint Merging Main Line Health in Pa.

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 2, 2010

  The $600 million Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union of Broomall, Pa. announced an agreement to merge the $52 Main Line Health Employees FCU of Bryn Mawr in a deal to be completed in the third quarter.