MADISON, Wis. - CUES is getting a positive response with more than 32 requests so far from volunteers to join a newly formed Directors Advisory Panel, according to CUES officials. "I think that's quite good and demonstrates the interest of volunteers in helping guide educational opportunities for fellow directors," said...
CHICAGO - GRFI/The Frerichs Group, a credit union consulting firm specializing in capital strategies along with branch design and site selection, is hooking up with a Colorado shop to offer "merger matchmaking" services. The Chicago-based GRFI/ Frerichs said it is joining with Umholtz Strategic Planning & Consulting Services of Castle...
SEATTLE - They may not have been big players, so to speak, but credit unions in at least three major TV markets cashed in on Super Bowl advertising during the big football championship game Feb. 5. Indeed, in Seattle where the underdog Seahawks succumbed to the favored Pittsburgh Steelers, a...
WASHINGTON - Conversions, the decline of small credit unions, NCUA's protective role plus volunteer involvement all turn out to be among pressing issues in a race underway this spring for NAFCU's three at-large positions on its 11-member board. There are six candidates in this closely watched contest representing a diverse...
PITTSBURGH - Western Pennsylvania credit unions would, of course, be thrilled to have a co-op TV ad during the Super Bowl but, as one marketer here put it last week, "we are only now taking baby steps but we do look to those billion dollar West Coast credit unions to...
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - When you talk Super Bowl superlatives, the 2006 winner has to be Washington State credit unions for pulling off an unprecedented feat: a 30-second advocacy commercial reaching perhaps millions during the championship Seattle Seahawks/Pittsburgh Steelers game in Detroit. Across the nation, credit unions were giving `high...
FENTON, Mo. - U.S. credit unions with a Ford Motor Co. membership begin preparing for lost loan income and mapping out assistance programs in the wake of the automaker's plans to close 14 plants. "The Ford layoffs at Hazelwood were not exactly a surprise since closure at the plant has...
COLUMBIA, Md. - Volunteers pushing to gain a bigger voice in managing industry trade groups have apparently advanced their cause this month with the creation of a new league committee and expansion of a statewide chairmen's group. The Maryland and D.C. Credit Union Association said it is in the process...
SALT LAKE CITY - The banking industry's high-powered attempt to block Wal-Mart from getting a bank charter in Utah was ratcheted up this month with pressure exerted on two regulatory agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, a credit union supervisor. For the most...
WASHINGTON -The two NAFCU volunteers outspoken last July about getting the trade group to elect more of their peers into leadership jobs, have tossed their hats into running for the NAFCU Board again. The two, Robert Scott, vice chair of Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and Marlene Schwartz, chair of State...

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