The NCUA will host a free 90-minute credit union merger webinar that will focus on how mergers can be a growth strategy for small credit unions.

Vanessa Lowe, an economic development specialist with the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, will host the webinar, titled, “Mergers as a Growth Strategy.”

She will be joined by a panel of speakers including Paul Nyman, a board member of the $64.3 million Horizon Federal Credit Union in Williamsport, Pa.; John McKenzie, president of the Indiana Credit Union League; Bob Jones, economic development specialist with the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives; and Richard Schulman, an attorney with Esp Kreuzer Cores, LLP.

The webinar will discuss why merging worked well for one small credit union's growth strategy, the network credit union concept, small credit union negotiating power in a merger, Call Report data on mergers and other insights.

Participants may submit questions in advance at [email protected]. The subject line of the email should read, “Mergers as a Growth Strategy.”

Registration for the webinar is required at this NCUA site.

The webinar will be closed captioned and then archived online about three weeks following the live event.