corporate communications

• Don't Fear the Fees

  By Jim Ghiglieri  |  April 11, 2012

  The financial industry has become its own worst enemy where fees – even nominal ones charged for exceptional products and services – are concerned.

• Small Credit Unions Team Up on Back-Office Operations

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  March 25, 2012

  When Credit Union Times asked Fred Johnson, president/CEO for Credit Union Executives Society, what he sees as an emerging trend in the way credit unions are run, one of his responses was “collaboration.”

• CUNA Mutual’s New Structure Opens the Door for Acquisitions

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 12, 2012

  While the 550,000 policyholders of the newly restructured CMFG Life Insurance Co. may not see any substantial changes, the firm’s parent company is looking forward to how the move will help it diversify and expand beyond the credit union industry.

• Fallen MBS Prompts CUNA Mutual Suit

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 22, 2012

  CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, CUMIS Insurance Society and MEMBERS Life Insurance Co., have filed suit against RBS Securities Inc. claiming that the firm made false representations of its offering documents at the time that more than a dozen residential mortgage-backed securities were purchased by the three plaintiffs.

• CUNA Mutual Seeks $72 Million in Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 18, 2012

  Company accuses RBS Securities of "inducing" it to buy certificates through false representations.

• Bank Transfer Day: Navy Federal Reports October Spike

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  November 4, 2011

  Largest of credit unions says new account openings jumped 39% in October, 23% for the year.

• Ent FCU Adds Mobile Remote Deposit Checking

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 20, 2011

  The 204,000 members of the $3.2 billion Ent Federal Credit Union in Colorado Springs, Colo., can now deposit checks using the cameras on their iPhones and Droids.

• Ent Federal Credit Union Adds Remote Deposit Checking

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 13, 2011

  Colorado CU also adds Android app to existing iPhone branch locator service.

• Sony PlayStation Security Breach Not a Game

  By David Morrison  |  April 27, 2011

  Sony Corp. has reported that 70 million consumers around the world have had personal data compromised in the latest major data security breach, according to media reports.

• Young Professionals Gear Up for GAC

  February 2, 2011

  The Crash Network has chosen 16 young credit union professionals to attend CUNA's 2011 GAC and complete a service project designed to improve their credit unions or the industry.