Griffith Savings Bank

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  Can’t Never Crosses Attorney Michael Bell’s Lips: Trailblazer 40 Below

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  January 9, 2013

  Never tell Michael Bell, attorney and counselor at Royal Oak, Mich.-based law firm Howard & Howard, something can’t be done without a ready response to two simple words: Why not?

• Monadnock Shareholders Say Yes to GFA Federal Credit Union

  By David Morrison  |  June 1, 2012

  New Hampshire bank becomes second savings bank to be purchased by a credit union.

• Progress Cited in Proposed GFA/Monadnock Purchase

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  April 19, 2012

  Lawyers handling the planned takeover of an ailing New Hampshire bank by a Massachusetts credit union expressed optimism Thursday the deal can clear regulatory hurdles.

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  GFA FCU's Bank Buyout Grabs Industry Interest

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  April 1, 2012

  The proposed buyout by GFA Federal Credit Union of a troubled New Hampshire savings bank continues to generate industry interest but with a pivotal question: Can the credit union and bank clear the legal hurdles with the NCUA, the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC.

• Planned Buyout Shows Banks, CUs Can Work Together

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 9, 2012

  GFA FCU CEO said her credit union is showing by example that credit unions can work with community banks as it moves toward purchase of a New Hampshire mutual.

• GFA FCU's Bank Purchase Price Tag: $6.4 Million

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 2, 2012

  Massachusetts CU CEO eyes long regulatory process in proposed takeover of New Hampshire bank.

• UFCU Purchase of Indiana Bank Complete

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 3, 2012

  Griffiths Savings Banks begins the new year as a branch of United Federal Credit Union of St. Joseph, Mich.

• In Michigan, More Merger Action

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 19, 2011

  Battle Creek CU finishes one deal; St. Joseph CU wins vote for merger in Kalamazoo.

• More Thrift-CU Mergers Predicted

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 11, 2011

  Now garnering heightened industry attention, the $1.3 billion United Federal Credit Union of St. Joseph, Mich. moved a step closer last week to charting what it called trail blazing territory by winning NCUA approval to buy an ailing Indiana savings bank.

• UFCU CEO Says More Thrift-to-CU Mergers Could Be Coming

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 5, 2011

  That precedent-setting deal by Michigan’s United Federal Credit Union to merge an ailing Indiana savings bank gained NCUA approval last week and now seems certain to be the model for more to come, its architect says.