For her efforts in leading the charge to help develop talent from within, Michele DeBuhr, vice president consumer, credit administration at OnPoint Community CU, has been named a Trailblazer 40 Below.

The $25.1 billion, 1.8-million member State Employees Credit Union said it has now opened three new branches in Greensboro, N.C., since March.

Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) is a co-sponsor of member business lending and supplemental capital bills favored by the credit union lobby.

With interest rates at historic lows and economists and the Fed forecasting they will remain there, it is becoming harder to ignore the effects this is having on balance sheet margins. And a decelerating growth rate of U.S. GDP and slowing demand from businesses related to real estate will continue...