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  U.S. Central ACH Hike Causes Run for the Exits

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 20, 2012

  Many worried credit union eyes now are on July 1, the date when the NCUA has said it will bump up ACH fees for U.S. Central Bridge customers by 80%. That looming price hike has triggered a quick rush to the exits as corporates and their members race for alternatives.

• Auto-Settlement May Be Left Out in the Cold

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 31, 2012

  As discussion of the impacts of NCUA’s recent memo outlining termination dates for various services offered by U.S. Central Bridge grows in the industry, one deadline has generated heated discussion–and worries–on the part of some credit union leaders. That is auto settlement, a comparatively obscure wholesale settlement service where U.S....

• U.S. Central Bridge Closing

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 16, 2012

  Mark the calendar: The NCUA aims to turn off the lights at the conserved U.S. Central Bridge no later than Dec. 31, 2012, and now it has announced the specifics of its plan.

• Corporates React to U.S. Central Closure Plans

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 11, 2012

  With the release to memos from the NCUA and U.S. Central, corporates are getting a better idea of how the corporates' corporate will wind down, and they're ready.

• The U.S. Central “Wind Down” - Why It Happened, What It Means

  By Robert McGarvey  |  December 23, 2011

  Corporates say they're ready; NAFCU's Becker says FOI request sent to NCUA to find out more.

• Catalyst Corporate Asks Members For Ideas

  By Robert McGarvey  |  November 4, 2011

  Can members help drive the innovation corporate credit unions will need to stay relevant in a new century of financial services?

• Catalyst Corporate Opens Doors

  By Robert McGarvey  |  September 6, 2011

  Merged Southwest Bridge-Georgia Corporate now operating as Texas-based Catalyst with 882 credit union members.

• Southwest Bridge Members Vote to Support Catalyst

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 30, 2011

  Georgia Corporate board vote schedule on Wednesday; final step needed before Sept. 6 opening.

• Scoring the Corporate Credit Unions: Who Is Left Standing?: Online Only

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 29, 2011

  The Aug. 31 deadline for capitalizing – a date self-imposed by multiple corporate credit unions – is here. Who’s left standing? Who is folding?

• Catalyst Corporate Names Board

  By Robert McGarvey  |  July 29, 2011

  New corporate from merger of Southwest Bridge and Georgia Corporate to launch on Sept. 6.