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By Jim Rubenstein |
April 15, 2012
The merger game – its timing, procedures and practices – is coming in for new scrutiny and debate this month among a coterie of analysts and top credit union CEOs.
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By Robert McGarvey |
April 15, 2012
Go big or go home. Those five words outline exactly what is happening with the proposed merger of $1.8 billion Warrenville, Ill.-based Alloya with $1.5 billion Southfield. Mich.-based CenCorp. It’s a marriage of corporate credit unions that, if approved by CenCorp members and regulators, will produce an entity with assets...
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By Robert McGarvey |
April 13, 2012
Proposed corporate merger would produce one of the nation's largest remaining corporate credit unions. Find out more in this preview from next week's print edition.
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By Robert McGarvey |
April 1, 2012
Come 2030, credit unions will be in business serving up some kind of financial services, essentially one generation removed from today. However, getting there will be as wrenching—as full of dislocations and pains—as was the shift from 1950s-style credit unions with no share drafts into today’s full-service financial supermarkets.
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By Robert McGarvey |
March 30, 2012
In this print preview from next week's edition, experts look at what the industry may look like a generation from now.
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By David Morrison |
March 25, 2012
WASHINGTON—Robert Schumacher, longtime National Credit Union Foundation leader and volunteer, was a surprise recipient of an Anchor Award at the annual dinner honoring people and institutions that have exhibited particular leadership and innovation. Past Anchor Award winners have included former NCUA Board Chairman Dennis Dollar and the leaders of the...
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By David Morrison |
March 20, 2012
WASHINGTON — Robert Schumacher, longtime National Credit Union Foundation leader and volunteer, was a surprise honoree Monday night at the GAC.
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By Robert McGarvey |
March 19, 2012
In an era of participatory politicking when Facebook, Twitter and other digital tools can turn any citizen into a lobbyist, have traditional trade associations entered their twilight years?
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By Jim Rubenstein |
March 11, 2012
The proposed conversion of the $1.8 billion HarborOne Credit Union to a mutual bank triggered fresh industry debate last week about the impact and efficacy of conversions as the Brockton, Mass., CU formally tendered its resignation from CUNA and the Massachusetts Credit Union League.
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By Jim Rubenstein |
March 9, 2012
Is conversion bid a sign of things to come? That's one point raised in this look at an article from next week's print edition.
