MADISON, Wis. - CUNA CU President/CEO Mary Cunningham will be stepping down to become president/CEO of the $425 million USA FCU FCU in San Diego. USA FCU Board Chairman Lew Witherspoon said Cunningham will join the CU on September 17. "We're certainly looking forward to her arrival. We know she's...
OAKLAND, Calif. - The City of Oakland has become the first city in California to pass an anti-predatory lending ordinance to protect consumers from deceptive and abusive loan practices. The Oakland City Council unanimously approved an anti-predatory lending ordinance on July 24. The ordinance is scheduled for a second reading...
New rules and regs passed at NCUA's July Board meeting are expected to have a major impact on FCUs. In this issue, Credit Union Times takes a closer look at these regs and other significant events of the July meeting. See pages 19, 20, 21.
I read Mike Welch's column in the July 25 issue, "NAFCU conference almost covers all the bases." It was so timely for my work with the Combined Council of Automotive Credit Unions. Their meeting is in September. I so agree with Mike's perspective in that everyone seems to skirt any...
PHILADELPHIA - Taking a cue from its 98,000 members, Philadelphia Federal Credit Union has formed a CUSO - PFCU Insurance Services, LLC - to offer its members insurance products. The unique aspect about the new CUSO is it's outsourcing the operations to Springfield, Massachusetts-based Banc Insurance Services Inc. to offer...
Over the past 18 months or so, credit unions and the growing number of organizations that represent them, seem to have gone on a binge in creating alliances, partnerships, cooperative ventures, special interest CUSOs, and new entities of all types. The alleged purpose of this organizational frenzy, such as the...
It said, right here in the June 27 issue of Credit Union Times that CUNA is about to break ground with a "free" (your quotes) e-book. But hey, it's been done! "How To Get More Members To Do More Banking With You!" (yep, the"B" word!) is already on the Web......
HERNDON, Va. - Participants in NACHA's Internet Secure ATM Payments (ISAP) Pilot have proven that consumer ATM/debit cards can be used on the Internet with transaction authentication and security that are comparable to point-of-sale purchases. The pilot successfully processed 598 transactions in which digital signatures substituted for personal identification numbers....
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - The California Credit Union League is preparing to present to the NCUA Board in September its list of five recommendations for alternative methods for credit unions to raise capital. The recommendations are discussed at length, including the advantages and disadvantages for each model, in a paper...
DES MOINES, Iowa and MELROSE, Minn. - The Principal Employees' Credit Union will change its name to Premier Credit Union effective September 1, 2001. According to PCU President/CEO Jim Niederhauser the new name will better reflect the credit union's diverse membership. The credit union's Web address will also change. There...