SAFE Credit Union

• New Report Bemoans Lack of Large Credit Union Mergers

  By David Morrison  |  May 16, 2013

  SNL Financial report says lack of strategic thinking keeps most mergers among small credit unions who have no choice.

• The Future of PFM and Mobile Strategies

  By Peter Strozniak  |  April 10, 2013

  Consumers are increasingly tapping their smartphones and tablets to manage their money, a trend that may push personal financial management tools into the mainstream and open new opportunities for credit unions to help their members in real time.

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  Mergers Will Continue to Cull Small Credit Unions From Herd

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 27, 2013

  Every day, six days a week, a credit union closes and never re-opens. That has been going on for many years. More than 3% of credit unions have annually closed for the past decade. By 2025, the United States will have around 4,500 credit unions.

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  Will Congress Rescind The Tax Exemption?

  February 27, 2013

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  Mergers Will Continue to Cull the CU Herd: Print Preview

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 21, 2013

  Do the math. Look to your right. Look to your left. One in three credit unions will vanish by 2025. Find out more in this week's preview from next week's print edition.

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  SAFE CU Promotes Dave Roughton to President/COO

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  February 6, 2013

  Henry Wirz remains as CEO at Sacramento credit union.

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  Guest Opinion: A Freed NCUSIF Would Nip NCUA’s Overreach

  By Henry Wirz  |  January 30, 2013

  After the Berlin Wall came down, Congress decided to cash in the peace dividend and began closing military bases. One of the bases that closed was our primary sponsor, McClellan Air Force Base. We decided to convert to a community field of membership

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  Independent NCUSIF Nips NCUA’s Overreach

  By Henry Wirz  |  January 24, 2013

  California credit union CEO questions NCUA's ability to examine fairly, calls for Congress to give credit unions an independent insurer.

• Comment Letters Suggest a $50 Million Threshold for Small Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 27, 2012

  NCUA comment period closed Monday on proposed threshold to be defined as small credit union.

• Disclose the Score and Take the CAMEL Through the Eye of a Needle: Opinion

  By Henry Wirz  |  September 24, 2012

  My credit union lost $23 million when WesCorp failed so I can say I have 23 million reasons to want CAMEL ratings disclosed.