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List of articles by Jim Rubenstein
November 20, 2009
Less than a week before Thanksgiving the six-year old, credit union-run “Operation Best Wishes” campaign to support the troops is on an expanded nationwide roll managing to struggle without financial backing of its major benefactor, WesCorp. ...
November 20, 2009
The blog network has a new credit union entry this month from an out-of-work CU marketer from Illinois, whose weekly radio internet show, “CU Chat Up” is gaining some high profile attention....
November 18, 2009
Credit union donations to help the victims and families of the Fort Hood shooting massacre were starting to pour in from across Texas and the U.S. last week with special accounts set up by foundations and individual CUs....
November 18, 2009
Southeast Wisconsin credit unions that lost millions in the March bankruptcy of Central States Mortgage Co., a CU-owned CUSO, have reached a settlement allowing them to recover claims totaling $72 million....
November 18, 2009
State leagues are witnessing a surge in doctor house calls, so to speak....
November 18, 2009
Here’s a tale about an ex-credit union CEO who abandoned the industry to take up a quirky new line of business and this month again received national TV exposure. ...
November 18, 2009
The $841 million Selco Community Credit Union of Eugene, Ore. opened this week its first full service Walmart branch in a Redmond store. ...
November 17, 2009
In a bank/credit union sale, the $1 billion Royal Credit Union of Eau Claire, Wis. is buying 11 branches from a troubled former thrift, AnchorBank of Madison, Wis....
November 17, 2009
Clearview Federal CU is generating a little good will with the college crowd this fall distributing free “rally towels” to students or fans showing a ticket stub for an athletic event at nearby Robert Morris University of Pittsburgh. ...
November 17, 2009
Calling his purchase “the largest that I know of between a credit union and a bank” the president/CEO of the $1 billion Royal Credit Union of Eau Claire, Wis. forecast the buyout of 11 AnchorBank branches will take 18 months to complete. ...
November 17, 2009
The head of the Nevada Bankers Association found last Friday’s takeover of troubled Ensign Credit Union of Henderson by a Dallas CU “a real question mark as to whether credit unions should be in the business of making commercial loans.”...
November 16, 2009
Dallas-based EDS Credit Union said its Friday purchase/assumption of the long-troubled $98 million Ensign FCU of Henderson, Nev. fits well into its long-term branding strategy....
November 13, 2009
The directors American Share Insurance are turning aside any notion of seeking increased assessments based on current conditions, the company’s CEO, Dennis Adams said today....
November 13, 2009
Two groups following the overdraft debate and new rules by the Federal Reserve have provided different perspectives on credit union and banks’ compliance burden....
November 12, 2009
The Defense Credit Union Council, joined by the $52 million Heart O’ Texas CU, were extending new financial aid Thursday to Fort Hood victims as officials of area CUs continued to seek out linkups with military charities to funnel member contributions....