Scott Simpson

• Retiring America First CEO Craig Earns Plaudits

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 25, 2012

  Accolades poured in Friday for Rick Craig, who announced his pending retirement Friday as president/CEO of Utah’s America First Federal Credit Union.

• League, Bank Chief Clash on TV Show

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 4, 2011

  The topic for a morning Salt Lake City talk show may have been the impact of Bank Transfer Day, but the head of the Utah Bankers Association quickly converted the pre-Thanksgiving broadcast to an assault on the credit union tax exemption.

• Utah Bank/CU Trade Chiefs Exchange BTD Barbs on TV News Show

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  November 28, 2011

  "Good Morning Utah" segment featured several sharp exchanges between Utah Bankers Association, Credit Union Association heads.

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  Long, Winding Road to Recovery

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  September 25, 2011

  At the close of 2011’s second quarter, a handful of credit unions located in the sand states, where a teetering economy has made it most difficult for financial institutions to thrive, shared hopeful bits of news: net worth ratio improvements, net income increases, loan loss reductions and operating expense cutbacks.

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  Sand States See Long, Winding Road to Recovery: Print Preview

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  September 23, 2011

  This article will be among the news, features, analysis and insight filling the pages of the next print edition of Credit Union Times.

• Corporate Focus Turns to the West

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 31, 2011

  With NCUA deadlines nearing on recapitalizing the corporates, the jockeying among credit unions and corporates about the shape of provider services focused on the Mountain States last week with at least two state trade groups paying attention to the fate of the $1.9 billion SunCorp.

• Mountain States Dialogue Heats Up on SunCorp

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 22, 2011

  Mountain West, Utah leagues, CUs in discussion about recapitalizing $1.9 billion SunCorp.

• Simpson, Utah League CEO, Turns Down Hatch Job Bid

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  December 15, 2010

  Utah's leading credit union advocate, Scott Simpson, has turned down an offer to become a top aide for the state's senior U.S. senator, Orrin Hatch.

• Utah Credit Union League Rebrands as Utah's Credit Unions

  September 8, 2010

  The Utah League of Credit Unions has a new public face and brand: it's now the Utah Credit Union Association and online it's simply utahscreditunions.org.

• Utah League Moves to Association

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  August 20, 2010

  In a rebranding move, the Utah League of Credit Unions has become an association and has adopted a new public moniker, "Utah's Credit Unions."