LAS VEGAS - While there can be no letup in defending against banker tax attacks, credit unions must focus a little more heavily now on regulatory relief because of its crippling burdens. That was a message of Fred Becker, president and CEO of NAFCU, who told the annual conference attendees...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - It's really true - and not really surprising - that Tom Wiedl has the title of "vice president of sales and WOW" at the $396 million Sunmark Federal Credit Union. The WOW, of course, stands for the way Sunmark employees are trained-and judged-on how well they dazzle...
LAS VEGAS - Colorado business guru and author Jim Collins had some kind words here for credit unions for holding "a purity of mission" and true leadership, but he said future challenges come in how managers hire talent and rise above mediocrity. In a keynote speech to NAFCU's annual conference,...
LAS VEGAS - The long-simmering debate about giving volunteer directors a wider role in policy and decision-making in major credit union trade organizations got a vocal - and surprise - airing during NAFCU's annual conference here. The complaints about a lack of "proportional" representation on the boards of NAFCU and...
LAS VEGAS - Appealing anew for credit unions to "reach out to everyone" to boost lagging membership, NCUA Board Member Debbie Matz is urging the industry to look to the mortgage market to create new growth. Addressing NAFCU's annual conference, Matz said there "are literally millions of opportunities for credit...
LAS VEGAS - The court and regulatory skirmishing over payday loans - as well as their legitimacy - became a prime topic for attendees at a pre-opening day session of NAFCU's Annual Conference and Exhibition convening here last week. Providing a litany of the most recent legal actions by states...
COULEE DAM, Wash. -The splashy headlines from Bank of America about acquiring Delaware credit card giant MBNA don't mean much in rural Washington State where the news is more about credit unions filling the void left by BofA closing branches and leaving bankless towns with the prospect of economic decay....
AUSTIN, Texas -Buddy Gill confesses to being a closet guitarist. With a personal collection of 20 guitars and a complete home recording studio, this senior vice president of advocacy for the Texas Credit Union League is passionate about his music. Gill began playing guitar at 14 years of age, played...
APPLETON, Wis. - In a linkup with a well-known non-profit, Goodwill Industries International, Prospera Credit Union here has opened a limited service branch in a large Goodwill store to handle low-cost payday loans. Management of the CU and of Goodwill, headquartered in Rockwell, Md., said the collaboration-which also involves use...
RALEIGH, N.C. - In a noteworthy move to support the military, the North Carolina Credit Union League has joined a national campaign to pledge employer backing "above and beyond the law" for National Guard and Reservists in Iraq and Afghanistan. At its annual meeting June 8 and in follow-up letters...
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