Credit unions and those involved with them love to give out awards. There are so many credit union award ceremonies these days that some elicit little more than a yawn and polite applause from audiences. And scant attention from the media. Has any chairman of any credit union organization, even...

With the latest news involving United Airlines Employees' Credit Union and NWA Federal Credit Union there now seems to be little doubt that the days of credit unions operating under a single sponsor are numbered. It was inevitable. First, a look at United Airlines Employees' Credit Union: At one time,...

Sending a Credit Union Times reporter or correspondent to one of the hundreds of credit union meetings and conferences held every year involves a big commitment of time and budget. Yet, the decision regarding which ones to cover entails a much more important consideration. It's not location either. The educational...

The Alaska Credit Union League is alive and well despite what I wrote in this space a couple of years ago when its leadership decided to convert to an all-volunteer operation with no paid staff whatsoever. Here's some of what I said in that column: "The Alaska Credit Union League...

The list of items deserving of a comment or two keeps getting longer. To whittle it down a bit, here are a few of them: Although I have been preaching in this space for a long time that credit unions need to play more offense and not just defense, there...

Every time credit unions come up with something that will benefit their members, such as NCUA's new field of membership regulations, the banking lobbyists think it is their God-given right to immediately spout off with their take on why any such move is bad for humanity. What's almost worse is...

Those organizations that stick to their knitting, we have been told by many renowned management gurus, have the best chance of being successful. We heartily agree. At Credit Union Times our entire focus is on putting out the best weekly credit union publication we can. That's it. Nothing more. Publishing...

Each year when making predictions for the next 12 months, I usually include one that predicts the demise of a couple of league CEOs. Frankly, this is always a slam dunk prediction because not a year goes by when one or more league executives don't bite the dust. Managing a...