Michelle Samaad

• Michigan MBL CUSO Growth Leads to New Hires, Promotions

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 19, 2013

  Personnel moves follow growth doubling in 2012 and continuing in 2013 for Michigan Business Connection LLC.

• Kern Schools FCU Joins LPL Financial Platform

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 19, 2013

  LPL Financial said it has signed on Kern Schools Federal Credit Union to its institution services platform.

• Church Foreclosures Plague California Credit Union

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 19, 2013

  In the thick of the economic meltdown that ravaged the housing market a few years ago, churches in some communities were among those that felt the bruises of foreclosures more than other properties.

• Oklahoma Tornado Costs Due to Escalate

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 19, 2013

  As the cleanup continues in Oklahoma, the latest insurance claims filed following the tornado outbreak at the end of May offers another glimpse of just how destructive the storms were.

• Navy Federal Launches Cash Mob

  By Michelle Samaad  |  June 14, 2013

  The credit union will give away $20 loyalty cards for users to patronize local shops in a Norfolk, Va., neighborhood.

• Illinois, Ecuador CUs in Partnership Agreement

  By Michelle Samaad  |  June 14, 2013

  The partnership will allow BCU and OSCUS to directly exchange information, ideas and best practices in credit union operations.

• Pump and Dump Scams Prompt SEC Alert

  By Michelle Samaad  |  June 14, 2013

  The scams are the “inbox equivalent of a boiler room sales operation, hounding investors with potentially false information.”

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  Tornado Price Tag Will Swell: Print Preview

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 14, 2013

  This preview from next week's print edition looks at how insurance claims offer another glimpse of just how destructive the May storms were.

• Collateral Risk Focus of CUNA Lending Council Research

  By Michelle Samaad  |  June 13, 2013

  New research paper outlines complicated topic for credit unions.

• Norfolk Municipal Employees FCU to Open Insurance Agency

  By Michelle Samaad  |  June 13, 2013

  Small credit union moves into new line of business.