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January 28, 2009
News
Debtor Education Has Moved to the Top of Members’ Minds
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Considering the current economic climate, some CUs are finding that the timing couldn’t be better for credit unions to help consumers pump up their financial muscles. In fact more consumers are taking a closer, harder look at their debt....
CU Staff Leaves Union's
PITTSBURGH — After 25 years, United Community Federal Credit Union 12 staffers have decided not to be represented by Teamsters Labor Union....
Convicted Veteran Will Lose CU-Built Home; Fundraising to Continue
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Credit Union Association is going back to the drawing board with its 2009 plans to build a special home for a wounded Iraqi vet....
Mich. League To Manage Association
LANSING, Mich. — The consolidation trend hit Michigan trades last week when the Michigan Credit Union League agreed to manage the much smaller Michigan Association of Credit Unions....
NCUA Charters N.J. CU
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA chartered 1st Bergen Federal Credit Union, which will be open for anyone of who lives, works or worships in Bergen County, N.J....
CUNA Mutual and Carolina CUs Tee Off for Victory Camp
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CUNA Mutual Group and Carolina credit unions have teamed up to tee off to help raise money for the Victory Junction Gang Camp....
MACU Offers Personal Finance Tool
SALT LAKE CITY — Mountain America Credit Union is helping its members better manage their finances with the launch of FinanceWorks, a free comprehensive money management tool powered by Quicken....
National Lending Assoc. Offers Tuition Funding
SAN DIEGO — National Lending Associates Inc. launched its Custom Loan Source program, a customizable alternative tuition funding program for credit unions, through its Education Loan Source Inc. subsidiary....
ATMs: Imaging Technology Is in Place, but Where’s the Mandate?
ARLINGTON, Va. — In the end, the consumer will likely have the final say on whether check imaging makes it all the way to the ATM....
SBA Grants Yolo Federal CU Preferred Lender Status
WOODLAND, Calif. — The Small Business Administration has granted Yolo Federal Credit Union preferred lender status....
Flight to Safety and Budget Cuts Cloud Membership Growth Forecast
MADISON, Wis. — A series of mixed signals could impact membership growth this year....
Iowa CUs Make a Difference
DES MOINES, Iowa — Thanks to Iowa credit unions, through the Iowa Credit Union Foundation, the Children’s Miracle Network can make the most of a total $130,401 donation....
USA Fed Shows How Rebranding Breeds Success With Anti-Bank Bite
SAN DIEGO — Now here’s a doggone-good branding success story, and the $700 million USA Federal Credit Union gets to tell all about it: ...
Core Processor Adds Content Inspection to Network Security
SPOKANE, Wash. — Even a team of 30 technology professionals need a little help now and then to protect a far-flung network serving about 40 credit unions spread across the country....
SEFCU Partners Up to Provide College Tuition Discount Program
ALBANY, N.Y. — SEFCU has partnered with Savings and Growth for Education Scholars to offer its members tuition discounts at 225 private colleges....
Wycom Adds Processing
YAKUTAT, Alaska — A Check 21 solution that automates check processing at the teller line is the newest offering from Wycom Systems....
The Time Is Right for CUs to Work Together Toward Innovation
In 2007 Bill Cosby (yes, that Bill Cosby) and Alvin F. Poussaint authored the thought-provoking book Come On People…On the Path From Victims to Victors in which they recount stories from hundreds of community “call-outs” in cities across the country....
System Provider Walks Latest Solutions, Smaller Budgets Tightrope
WALTHAM, Mass. — The decision by some credit unions to no longer manage their data processing systems in-house and increased penny-pinching has created opportunities for Credit Union On-Line Inc....
Service CU Goes Live With Remote Signature Capture
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Service Credit Union is now offering remote signature capture to its particularly far-flung membership....
Andera Marks Good Year
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Andera Inc. said it added 77 new clients, including 23 credit unions, in 2008....
Campaign Reminds Credit Unions Auto Dealers Are Welcome at SBA
WASHINGTON — The program has been around for more than two years but the Small Business Administration is hoping a new campaign will remind car and truck dealers that their business is welcome at the agency....
SEC Finds Another Ponzi Scheme
WASHINGTON — Instead of 20% returns guaranteed to come every 30 days, investors lost at least $25 million in yet another Ponzi scheme....
CU Veteran, Teacher Mourned
PHOENIX — Desert Schools Federal Credit Union is mourning the loss of longtime board director Mary Pat Garry, a dedicated local high school teacher who passed away suddenly at the age of 69....
Meriwest Credit Union Launches Financial Literacy Workshop Series
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Meriwest Credit Union launched a financial literacy monthly series that will go on through out the year for both adults and teenagers....
Modular Is the New Green
ST. LOUIS — Thinking about building green? Design/build firm NewGround suggested that credit unions start going modular rather than traditional....
Pardon Our Parochialism: Trades Focus on Restructuring Guessing Game
WASHINGTON — It’s not as alluring a topic as Michelle Obama’s fashion choices nor does it resonate with the public like a tax bill, yet for credit unions and their advocates here there are few subjects...
PSCU Launches Mobile Banking
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The nation’s largest CUSO has joined the mobile banking wave. PSCU Financial Services is offering credit unions a solution that allows credit unions to choose between two widely used formats...
Small Oklahoma Credit Union Makes It Big in Credit Card Lending
OKLAHOMA CITY — An executive with the $90 million U.S. Employees Credit Union credits a renewed focus on lending and a new card product for a more than 26% increase in the CU’s card portfolio balances....
CU Officials Catch a Glimpse of History
WASHINGTON — A credit union volunteer played a key role orchestrating the military’s involvement while the political director of a trade association waited in line for four hours in subfreezing temperatures....
Latest Breach Toll May Be in the Millions
PRINCETON, N.J. — Despite increased policies and procedures to safeguard credit and debit card data, there has been another major breach of card data security....
Beehive Flits Away From Bank Charter
SALT LAKE CITY — It turns out that a bank charter is not in the future of the $190 million Beehive Credit Union after all....
KeyPoint CU to Offer Remittance Services for Members–and Banks
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A California credit union known for being on the cutting edge of technology has signed on to offer a bank’s remittance services not only to its own members but to other banks and credit unions as well....
California CU CEO Laces Into TARP
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Some West Coast credit unions that racked up a dismal performance for 2008 were not afraid last week to speak out about inequities in TARP funds being channeled into banks....
Awaiting Action on TARP, Cram-Downs
WASHINGTON — Hurry up and wait. That’s what credit unions are contending with when it comes to their top priorities in the new Congress and administration....
Columns
Editor-in-Chief's Column
E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One
America was founded of the people, by the people and for the people. The very people that credit unions serve–from the well-to-do heiress to the 40-something exec to the person turning widget No. 23 in the factory....
New CUSO Activities Open Door of Opportunity Wider
DES MOINES, Iowa — In one of his pitches to the NCUA on why credit card loan originations can help the industry better compete, Jeff Russell said the window is wide open to carve a niche given that the top 10 issuers, ...
People
PEOPLE
EAST Fall River Municipal Credit Union, Fall River, Mass., announced that Stephen DeCesare will be the vice president of finance...
Robins Federal’s Financials Gain Regulatory Applause
WARNER ROBBINS, Ga. — While regulators are on high alert to identify financial institutions with problems, there was good news when NCUA examiners visited Robins Federal Credit Union in December....
Other
Alaska USA Title Agency Helps Shield Against Lower 48’s Housing Crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — When construction of the $8 billion Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed in 1977, it sent Alaska’s economy into a slump that reverberated across the state....
Mass. CU Latest CUSO Partner
ADA, Mich. — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union has become the seventh owner of CUSO Development Co., a provider of real estate, mortgage and title insurance products....
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