Growth Strategies

Combined Illinois-based institution will total $750 million in assets.

Treat the branch as a revenue-generating asset worth investing in rather than an overhead line to be managed down.

The new CUSO will offer trust and estate services, including administration and conservatorship.

The bank's OTC-traded holding company is expected to receive more than double the market price of the bank's stock in the deal.

To preserve affordable homeownership amid soaring utility costs, credit unions must look beyond the mortgage.

If approved, the combined Ascend FCU and LGE Community CU would manage more than $7 billion in assets.