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By Jim Rubenstein |
March 19, 2012
No date set for replacement to be named for Benson Porter, newly appointed CEO at BECU.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
March 14, 2012
Outgoing BECU President/CEO Gary Oakland said he might be interested in a spot on the NCUA Board.
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By Natasha Chilingerian |
January 31, 2012
The $1.7 billion GECU of El Paso, Texas, just selected GECU Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Crystal Long to succeed President/CEO Harriet May following her retirement on March 31. Meanwhile, the $5 billion, Palo Alto, Calif.-based First Tech Credit Union is saying goodbye to President/CEO Benson Porter, who...
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By Jim Rubenstein |
January 9, 2012
In an unforeseen management shift, Benson Porter, president/CEO of the $5 billion First Tech Federal Credit Union of Palo Alto, Calif., will be taking over the $9.7 billion BECU of Tukwila, Wash., next April, succeeding retiring CEO Gary Oakland.
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By Myriam DiGiovanni |
December 23, 2011
Retirements, promotions in and around credit unions in the year now past.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
December 21, 2011
Management switch at two large West Coast credit unions drew tributes and messages of support from NASCUS.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
December 21, 2011
Benson Porter said the chance to return to his native Seattle was a major factor in his decision to leave First Tech.
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By Marc Rapport |
December 20, 2011
First Technology Credit Union CEO Benson Porter in California and Oregon has been named president/CEO of $9.7 billion BECU in Washington state.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
December 22, 2010
By most accounts, 2010 should have been a barn burner in the number of credit union mergers, based on rising assessments, the corporate crisis and a bad economy hitting a large part of the country.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
December 9, 2010
The head of the new $4.7 billion First Tech Federal Credit Union, Benson Porter, cautioned Thursday against credit unions elsewhere using the California/Oregon mega-merger as an exact template or business model.
