NCUA approved 28 mergers in Q1 of 2019 which decreased from 53 last quarter. The combined assets of merged credit unions is $1.3B, which compares to $1.5B last quarter and $800M year ago. The mean and median assets… Read More

Maybe water cooler talk has you curious. All it takes is one whisper of the word “merger” for the rumor mill to crank up. And while mergers are not bad in and of themselves, they are disruptors. Credit… Read More

Credit union mergers and acquisitions have been on the rise for several years. In fact, credit unions have been merging at the rate of 2.9 percent per year since the industry reached its peak in 1969 with nearly… Read More

NCUA approved 53 mergers in Q4 of 2018 which increased from 52 last quarter. The combined assets of merged credit unions is $1.5B, which compares to $2.1B last quarter and $1B year ago. The mean and median assets… Read More

This video describes the importance of conducting a lessons learned session following a credit union merger in order to capture what went well and areas for improvement. Documenting this learning helps to create best practices that can be… Read More