Benson Porter

• Number of Mergers Fell From Last Year's Mark

  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.

• Porter Warns Against Using First Tech Merger as Exact Template

  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.

• First Tech Addison Merger Wins Final Member OK

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 3, 2010

  The nation's largest merger a $4.7 billion combination of Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union of Palo Alto Calif. and First Tech CU of Beaverton, Ore. has won final approval of First Tech members, it was announced Friday.

• NCUA Finally Approves First Tech-Addison Avenue Merger

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  October 20, 2010

  Ending a processing period that lasted eight months, the NCUA has approved the nation's biggest interstate merger, the $4.6 billion consolidation of First Tech Credit Union, Beaverton, Ore., and Addison Avenue FCU of Palo Alto, Calif.

• First Tech/Addison Merger Gets Oregon OK

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  October 18, 2010

  The $4.6 billion merger deal of First Tech Credit Union of Beaverton, Ore., and Addison Avenue FCU of Palo Alto, Calif., has now won approval of the Oregon regulator with a First Tech member vote set for November.

• NCUA Approves First Tech/Addison Merger

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  October 13, 2010

  The nation's biggest inter-state merger has cleared a major hurdle. The NCUA has now given approval to the $4.6 billion consolidation of First Tech Credit Union of Beaverton, Ore., and Addison Avenue FCU of Palo Alto, Calif.

• First Tech/Addison Merger App Still on Hold

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  September 23, 2010

  It's been nearly eight months now since plans for the nation's biggest credit union merger, the $4.6 billion consolidation of First Tech CU and Addison Avenue FCU, was unveiled--and there is still no word on any regulatory approval.

• League Begins Search For Cheney Successor

  May 26, 2010

  The California/Nevada Credit Union League has kicked off its search for a successor to its president/CEO, Bill Cheney, who is taking the CUNA helm July 5.

• California/Nevada League Formally Names Search Panel to Replace Cheney

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 11, 2010

  The California/Nevada Credit Union League formally picked a seven-member search committee Monday to recruit a replacement for CEO Bill Cheney, also selecting O'Rourke and Associates of San Francisco as its search firm.

• Top 10 Stories of 2010 Countdown

  March 26, 2010

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