It may be Friday the 13th, but it is still your lucky day! Here’s this week’s recap from my Twitter feed (top stories have been highlighted in bold):
Trending
From @FinancialBrand & @NovantasInc: more checking customers are demanding mobile banking apps http://t.co/5XPk7z5ahB pic.twitter.com/fYz3siU7D5
— Jim Perry (@mi_jim) February 12, 2015
Mergers, Acquisition – Expansion, Consolidation
- Charlottesville’s Sperry Marine Federal Credit Union to merge into Virginia Credit Union http://bit.ly/1MiO2tm
- Eagle Bank and Trust will rehabilitate the formerly vacant St. Louis Housing Authority building and open a new branch http://bit.ly/1B5LVWs
- Transition time at MA’s Mt. Washington Bank: New branch set for Morrissey Blvd http://bit.ly/17sg0TG
- Fed approves Simmons First National Corp bank mergers http://reut.rs/1vI0KwW
- ME’s largest independent bank, Bangor Savings Bank, to add Ogunquit branch http://bit.ly/1B1BsLJ
- Santander Bank to close MD branches as part of a strategy to grow in their core markets http://bit.ly/1E0O0AR
- PA’s Fulton Bank to close two midstate branch offices, part of a plan to close 9 branches (mostly outside of PA) http://bit.ly/1FC7Bbz
- Kentucky First Federal Bancorp to merge subsidiary banks in Hazard & Frankfort, KY http://bit.ly/1MfIDTW
- Bank Mutual to close seven Wisconsin branches http://bit.ly/1ISSeRl
- Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. completes acquisition of Intervest Bancshares Corporation http://bit.ly/1AXsqzs
- The La Crosse Area Postal Credit Union will merge with Co-op Credit Union in March http://bit.ly/1zserL8
- First Foundation Bank looks to impact local community ahead of Pacific Rim Bank acquisition http://bit.ly/1DWZlSl
- Pacific Continental receives regulators’ OK to acquire Portland bank http://bit.ly/1IKKSiZ
- Merger of CIT and OneWest faces additional scrutiny http://nyti.ms/1DWXvjY
- Ameris Bank to acquire Albany’s Bank of America branches http://bit.ly/1DTKc45
- OK’s MidFirst Bank completes acquisition of Denver, CO-based Steele Street Bank & Trust http://bit.ly/1M5OD1D
Branch Evolution
- First National Bank Alaska building new 8,000 sq ft regional branch, it will have only drive-up lane/ATM in downtown http://bit.ly/1zA83BD
- Altura Credit Union reopens branch closed since May 2011 http://bit.ly/1AXuQ0Z
- Cincinnati, OH’s North Side Bank & Trust is trying to reach out to Millennials with “community center” approach http://bit.ly/1AfryEY
- In the UK, protests continue to save last-in-town branch closures – NatWest refuses to alter plans to shutter 90 http://bit.ly/1CLeGIA
- “many banks idea of innovation is to redesign the layout of their retail banking space” – @benkepes re: @number26de http://onforb.es/16K3iif
Marketing & Branding
- Follow up: Credit union’s new name ‘Nusenda’ gets feedback, jokes http://bit.ly/1MiNDY0
- Take a look at how @Square it talking to small independent business owners http://youtu.be/vLy9xY7wr7w
- Wells Fargo launches media review to ensure media channels “work together to reflect consumer behavior” http://bit.ly/1AqU4Ui
- Take a look at how @FifthThird promotes its mobile banking app and the amount of time saved when banking digitally http://youtu.be/OU7L2MqV0iE
- Are you equipped to handle “Banking’s ‘911’ Moments of Truth”? http://bit.ly/17fTbCJ via @FinancialBrand
- New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union is changing its name to Nusenda Credit Union http://bit.ly/1IHr3Jk
Mobile & Digital Transformation
- I can’t believe I heard @drshow say “maybe we’ll go back to (using) cash” in regards to ongoing concerns about data breaches/safety of info
Industry News
- The @WSJ reports that TD Bank is reviewing operations/costs; more layoffs possible http://on.wsj.com/1zcnJMw
- Sen. Warren: Community banks thriving under Dodd-Frank http://bit.ly/16YPgcK
- Small Banks Are Not Big Banks http://onforb.es/1DkzwNw via @tykiisel for @Forbes
- U.S. Bank names Amy Hurd head of In-Store and On-Site Banking Division http://bit.ly/1F1hQc2 Congrats Amy!
- BREAKING from @WSJ: Bank of America’s U.S. Deposit-Taking Unit Financed Tax Trades http://on.wsj.com/1McRmGv
- Study by @GOBankingRates finds the 10 Best Banks of 2015 http://bit.ly/1zLh6o9
- Credit Union Service Organization @PSCUForward ousts Mike Kelly from CEO job ‘immediately’ http://bit.ly/1zCp2YI
That’s all for this week. Please share this with your colleagues. If we missed an important story, drop me a note.