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Members Win
As the services a credit union offers expands, it grows member roots deeper into the culture and future of the organization.
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Employees Win
The future of credit union jobs teem with growth through benefits such as increased total compensation and a new range of career advancement opportunities
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The Community Wins
As a credit union’s potential expands, they have the ability to make a greater impact in the community.
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Acquirer Representation
Expansion through merger is a cost effective way to increase market penetration within the existing market, acquire new branch locations, increase footprint, and add vital fields of membership (FOMs) to the charter.
Acquiree Representation
Our vast experience with boards and CEO’s provides us the insight and compassion to understand the many factors that drive the issues around merging into another credit union, as well as the obstacles that may hinder the process.
Advisory & Integration
Mergers are present in many growth plans as they are an effective way for credit unions to increase market share within existing markets and expand into new markets without the added cost of building out a new branch network organically.
Three Pathways for Credit Unions to Achieve Scale
Scale is one of the hottest topics in credit union operations these days. With the rising cost of technology, operations, talent acquisition, and other business functions, the need for credit unions to become simultaneously bigger and more efficient… Read More
Credit Union Mergers Analysis: First Quarter 2025
An analysis of credit union mergers for the first quarter of 2025 shows quarterly fluctuation in the number of approved transactions, with a slight decrease in merger approvals and the combined asset size of merging institutions. Looking at… Read More
CEO Advisory Group Facilitates Strategic Acquisition
Frontier Credit Union to Acquire First Citizens Bank of Butte CEO Advisory Group is pleased to announce our role as financial advisor to Frontier Credit Union in its strategic acquisition of First Citizens Bank of Butte, a transaction… Read More
Credit Unions Find Viable Growth Path with Bank Acquisitions
For decades, credit unions and banks experienced no crossover in their merger and acquisition strategies. Credit unions merged with other credit unions, banks acquired other banks, and neither the twain did meet. All of that began to change… Read More
Bank Acquisition Boom: How Credit Unions Are Changing the M&A Landscape
CEO Advisory Group Releases New Whitepaper: “What Credit Unions Need to Know About Bank Acquisitions” First installment of three-part series provides strategic guidance on an increasingly important growth strategy LAKE TAPPS, WASHINGTON – CEO Advisory Group, a leading… Read More
NCUA Final Succession Planning Rule Explained
In December, the NCUA approved its final credit union successional planning rule, which requires federally insured credit union boards to establish succession planning processes for key positions and will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. The final… Read More