Aggressive growth has credit unions in bankers' crosshairs

As Florida community banks vanish, credit unions flourish through mergers and acquisitions, drawing scrutiny of pro-bank lobbyists.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 4:50 a.m. June 17, 2022
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Mark Wemple. Achieva Credit Union COO Jennifer Galley.
Mark Wemple. Achieva Credit Union COO Jennifer Galley.
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In Florida, 2022 might go down as the year of the credit union. An explosion of organic and inorganic growth, along with banking industry consolidation, has seen credit unions flexing their muscles and spreading their wings like never before.

 

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