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Brian Waldron, who joins from Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union in Poughkeepsie, New York, will succeed retiring chief executive Vicki Hawkins.

Employees at Genesee Co-Op Federal Credit Union in New York and Beneficial State Bank in California formed unions in the past year to bargain for better wages and reform their corporate cultures. Will workers at other community institutions follow their lead?

Northern Lights Acquisition, a special-purpose acquisition company, is paying $185 million in cash and stock to purchase Safe Harbor from Partner Colorado Credit Union, which launched the lending unit last year.

Hanscom Federal Credit Union in Bedford, Massachusetts, has chosen Peter Rice to succeed David Sprague, who announced his retirement last year.

Unify Financial Credit Union is using a 30-second spot featuring safety Terrell Burgess to highlight the Texas organization's expansion within California.

Village Financial Credit Union expects to begin operations this year after it receives additional capital and a charter. It plans to serve a part of Minneapolis that has no traditional banks or credit unions but is overrun with payday lenders.

Lisa Schlehuber, who has led the Indianapolis credit union since her appointment as chief executive in 2005, will step down on April 15.

The board of directors has hired Kyle Gurzynski to succeed longtime chief executive Patty Preuss, who plans to retire on April 29.

CUSO Payment Systems for Credit Unions is working with EnaComm to build web and mobile applications for prepaid cards.

The sale of Wilmac Corp. led the one-branch Wilmac Employees' Credit Union to combine with Belco Community Credit Union.