The credit union discusses the factors that fuel its significant scholarship program and how it increased funding from $615,000 in 2025.

The trade group warns that removing certain cross-references will increase burdens on the state-charted CUs it represents.

The filter for major decisions should always be the same: Does this enrich lives, or does it just improve the balance sheet?

Terri Bentley, COO/senior EVP for the $8.5 billion Alabama credit union, reflects on a decades-long journey of adapting through a rapidly changing financial landscape.