Ronald Burniske

• Industry Survival: Cleansing Debate Heats Up

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 18, 2012

  The so-called cleansing theory – that there are too many underperforming or heavily capitalized small or midsize credit unions that need to be merged by larger brethren – is coming in for fresh debate this summer.

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  CEO Biker Packs Pedal for Charities

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 29, 2012

  From Illinois to Virginia, credit union executives have been putting the rubber to the road this spring, joining a host of local and national bike marathons and in the process contributing to successful charity fundraisers.

• Merger World Is Topsy-Turvy

  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.

• CUNA Corporate Task Force Meeting Friday With NCUA

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  August 31, 2011

  CU leaders want update on agency actions in capitalization and provider services.

• Latest Utah Failure Raises Questions on NCUA Policy

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  August 2, 2010

  Some industry sources are privately pointing to the weekend conservatorship of the $139 million Family first FCU of Orem, Utah as signaling perhaps a new NCUA policy of protecting the NCUSIF as it bypassed big CUs as a merger suitor.

• Burniske Tells Utah CUs to 'Grow Up' in NCUA Merger Policy Flap

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 28, 2010

  NCUA policy on selection of merger partners for both voluntary and involuntary mergers is coming under harsh new scrutiny this month. The now-completed Utah consolidation is the focal point of both concern and controversy marked

• Amid Utah Name Calling, NCUA Merger Policy Draws Heat

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 23, 2010

  Ron Burniske, CEO of Chartway Federal Credit Union has strongly defended his CU's mergers with ailing Utah credit unions against critics in that state who say NCUA gave them short shrift

• Chartway Looks Beyond Latest NCUA Driven Acquisition

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 1, 2010

  Chartway Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Virginia Beach, will press its out-of-state expansion arrangements with NCUA, according to its CEO Ronald Burniske.

• Chartway FCU Expansion Quest Marches on With Completion of Utah Merger

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  January 13, 2010

  The $1.5 billion Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia has made good on a month-old NCUA pledge to merge with a troubled Utah credit union and thereby expand to a 10-state footprint.

• Chartway FCU Looking for More Merger Partners

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  January 4, 2010

  With its NCUA Utah merger deal under its belt, the $1.5 billion Chartway Federal Credit Union of Virginia is still bent on scouting out more struggling CUs in the West and Midwest for possible acquisition.