Third Degree Advertising, an Oklahoma City agency, has opened an office in Durham, N.C., its very first expansion on the East Coast aimed at serving an industry intent on leveraging CU advantages over banks.

I'm not sure a Black Friday would be such a bad thing. ['Will the NCUA Let Loose a Corporate Black Friday?' CU Times, Aug. 18, page 1.]

Columbia Credit Union, Vancouver, Wash., elected incumbents Phil Andrews, John Dingethal and Chuck McDonald to the board of directors, while Lowell McDougal and Martin Oreschnigg assumed roles on the supervisory committee.

A new Relationship Management Department has been created by FedComp, a provider of core processing and related services to small credit unions.

Ken Schroeder, vice president of business continuity for Southeast Corporate FCU, contributed a passage to a newly published business continuity book.

Crescent Credit Union recently wrapped up a "Round the Bases" summer youth program it held in partnership with the Brockton Rox professional baseball club.

Technology Credit Union has committed to using electronic signature technology from DocuSign for online new member accounts and loan signings, the company and credit union said.

A white paper that examines best practices in data backup is the latest offering from the CUNA Technology Council.