With heavy attention focused on the banking industry’s loan pullback, the $540 million Georgia Federal Credit Union decided now is the ideal time to unleash a “humorous but serious” newspaper and billboard pushing mortgages....

The FDIC has it and the NCUA wants it. Congress wants to give one regulatory agency a lot of power to do it....

Twelve members of Members Gateway, an Indiana-based innovation CUSO, has advised the NCUA to perform a complete overhaul of the corporate system....

The NCUA’s April 10 corporate credit union update included a summary of its analysis of distressed securities held by U.S. Central FCU and Western Corporate FCU....

The merger of two St. Paul, Minn., credit unions, Fort Snelling Federal Credit Union and Hiway Federal Credit Union became official at the beginning of April....

Hoping to do their part to push forward one of President Barack Obama’s goals of creating more jobs and green products and services,...

A joint marketing deal has been agreed upon by the Credit Union Acceptance Co. LLC and CU Business Capital LLC....

After serving in an interim role since January, Michael Sauer has been named the new president/CEO of $1.8 billion Texans Credit Union, effective immediately....

A couple years after deciding to reinvent his company in a remake that “really tested some loyalties,” Louis Hernandez Jr. said he thinks Open Solutions Inc. is firmly poised to help his clients–new and old–move ahead....

Deciding its logo, tagline and even colors were getting stale and lacked appeal to young people...

With the unemployment rate the highest in 25 years, a financial institution’s collections department has become the most important department,...

The Wall Street Journal may have described credit unions as occupying “the sleepiest...

When the $122 million North Coast Credit Union of Bellingham, Wash., ran its “bailouts are for boats” ads,...

Nearly half of advisers surveyed in a new Aite Group report admitted that offering financial planning as a service to their clients is not as important as other uses of their time....

Cooperatives create millions of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue....

The $1.2 billion Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union has opened its sixth branch in New Jersey as the Brooklyn-based credit union seeks to keep up with members moving out of the area....

The Filene Research Institute released a brief that shines some light on mortgage practices over the past few years....

ARLINGTON, Va. — A sluggish economy is an ideal time for credit unions to increase their automobile loan portfolios by adapting aggressive but sensible practices,...

Saying that there are too many firms taking advantage of financially vulnerable individuals,...

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the short-term debt ratings of four corporate credit unions to Prime-3 from Prime-1....

In the tightly competitive District of Columbia business lending market, Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union is poised to become the second largest player in the metropolitan area....

Payday lenders are attacking a piece of federal legislation aimed at protecting consumers from their product by noting overdraft protection plans do not face similar regulations....

Kent White will become the new president/CEO of $90 million Oregon Employees Federal Credit Union effective May 26....

When it comes to retirement products, young adults typically don’t buy them in large numbers and Generation Y is no exception....

South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union reached out to 3,000 students and potential members during this past month as part of its financial literacy month initiative....

North Shore Federal Credit Union has enlisted the help of AgilityWeb to connect with younger members....

If you can’t understand the sentence above, chances are you are not a member of Generation Y. The translation appears below,...

When a credit union’s leadership changes, continuity in experience and knowledge become critical factors for success–that’s why succession planning has become such a powerful executive tool...

We all have dozens of balls in the air all the time, and each time one is handled–or slips from our grasp–a new one pops up....

Once again we use a credit union publication to promote an individual because Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is on the right committee in the...

Credit Union Times has a goal for 2009 to include Letters to the Editor in nearly every, if not all, issues. We had letters in nearly every issue of 2008....

Over the past few months, the downturn in the economy has exposed quite a few scams and scandals....

Successful businesses find growth opportunities in down economic times....

Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, Tampa, Fla., announced that Jeff Merwin has joined the credit union as vice president/retail operations....

April 2009 April 23-26 2009 CSCU Annual Meeting Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. For more info: 888-930-CSCU or info@cscu.net...