John Worthington

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  Wallets’ Multiple Uses May Aid Decision to Adopt

  By Robert McGarvey  |  June 25, 2012

  Mobile wallets are coming – that is a certainty, some experts say. But just about everything else around this issue remains uncertain as credit unions, banks, and merchants scramble to attempt to keep pace with a fast evolving marketplace.

• Tyfone Inks Mobile Banking Pact With Giant SSFCU

  By Robert McGarvey  |  June 4, 2012

  San Antonio credit union picks Oregon mobile technology provider.

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  Credit Union Industry Reacts to Failure of Big Texas CU

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 27, 2011

  Crippled by mounting commercial loan losses, the $1.6 billion Texans Credit Union was placed in conservatorship on April 15 by the NCUA.

• Security Service FCU Not Seeking Texans CU Merger

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 18, 2011

  The $6.1 billion Security Service FCU said it has not made a bid for the newly conserved $1.6 billion Texans Credit Union.

• Security Service Buys Failed Family First FCU

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 23, 2011

  The $6 billion Security Service Federal Credit Union last week acquired a second, conserved CU, the $119 million Family First FCU of Orem.

• Security Ties to Failed Utah CU Began in October

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 16, 2011

  The takeover late yesterday by the $6 billion Security Service Federal Credit Union of the NCUA-conserved Family First FCU of Orem has been in the works since last October.

• 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.

• Utah Regulator Closes Beehive

  December 22, 2010

  Regulators pulled the plug on a Salt Lake City credit union that had been a candidate to change its charter to that of a mutual bank.

• Security Says Beehive Merger 'Going Well'

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 17, 2010

  The $6 billion Security Service Federal Credit Union of Texas said Friday its takeover this week of the failed $145 million Beehive CU "is going very well with positive member response" despite months of public turmoil.

• NCUA Beehive Merger Spurs Competition, Says Craig

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 16, 2010

  Tuesday's NCUA-engineered takeover of the failed Beehive Credit Union in Utah by a large Texas CU adds a new player to the state's financial landscape "and should be welcomed by Utah consumers."