MOUNDS VIEWS, Minn. - Last month, Texans passed a constitutional amendment that, among its provisions, authorizes home equity lines of credit. Now Liberty Marketing Services wants to help credit unions take competitive advantage of the reform measure. The company, a division of Liberty Enterprises, has developed a Market Assessment and...
MADISON, Wis. - CUNA, through its strategic alliance with Datatrac, has made a new tool available to credit unions - "Indirect, Risk-Based Benchmark Report" to assist them in pricing indirect, risk-based auto loans offered through auto dealerships. According to CUNA, the report is designed to complement the other rate intelligence...
WASHINGTON-CUNA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs John McKechnie was featured on a nationally syndicated radio show regarding small business Oct. 10. In an early morning, half-hour clip, McKechnie explained to the audience of Jim Blasingame's Small Business Advocate what credit unions have to offer small businesses, from lending to...
For many, technology holds the key to greater security and biometric sales are expected to heat up according to The Global Biometrics Market Survey by the Business Communications Company, which studies major market, economic, and technological developments. Here is a look at some of the findings: *By 2007 the biometric...
So, what do people spend their time doing when they're online? The Pew Internet & American Life Project conducts regular surveys to find out. Here are the latest results.
JUNEAU, Alaska - To kick off International Credit Union Day Alaska State Employees Federal Credit Union will launch its new name- True North Federal Credit Union. Serving a group that includes not only state employees but also public employees in general, their families and various other groups, the credit union...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA announced at its third annual Budget Briefing and Public Forum Oct. 10 that it was planning for a 2.99% increase in the agency's budget for 2004. The 2004 budget is projected at $150.4 million, up $4.37 million over this year. In the 2005 budget, NCUA Executive Director Len...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - NCUA has set January 26, 2004 for the next Partnering and Leadership Successes (PALS) workshop on how credit unions can provide alternatives to predatory lending practices. "This important workshop will share credit unions' affordable loan programs, special savings programs and innovative services to save consumers who are...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-Three credit union CEOs who compete within San Diego County, Calif., explained to NACCU Annual Conference attendees how they all compete and cooperate. With 900 community charters, "I think overlapping is becoming more the rule than the exception," Financial 21 Community Credit Union President and CEO Gene Roberts observed....
Security Service Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, has named Kristin Popowich Culebra Service Center manager. Shell Employees Federal Credit Union, Houston, has appointed Robert Martinez board director. Martinez will serve remaining term left by the death of Wm. H. Oatis. Jr.