MARIETTA, Ohio - Credit unions in this Ohio River community of 15,000, hit hard by remnants of Hurricane Ivan that caused Sept. 18-19 flooding, were working hard last week to get services and operations back to normal with one branch of the $72 million Ohio Valley Community CU still closed....
MADISON, Wis. -The pilot program begun two years ago by Filene Research Institute encouraging credit unions to offer non-member check cashing services to add new members while also serving the "unbanked" is undergoing an overhaul and now includes a broad array of savings, loan and "wealth building" services. Formal debut...
LAS VEGAS - With heightened national interest on the success of bill pay and related Web services, automotive credit unions take the lead this month in opening up the books on just how well they are measuring e-commerce, particularly in reaching their customer base. "We think this kind of data...
OMAHA, Neb. - James A. Guretzky, president/CEO of SAC Federal Credit Union, Omaha, may as well hang out another shingle: premier scuba diving instructor. "Sure, I've taught a few local people and I recently had a three star commander and his wife at the SAC Base as a pupil to...
CHICAGO - With prospects of a court battle looming over funding of the Illinois agency regulating credit unions, state-chartered CUs were holding the line this month on making any move to apply for federal charters. Typical of CU sentiment was that of Illinois' largest, the $4.3 billion Alliant Credit Union,...
RALEIGH, N.C. - Moving to bolster ties with the media in the wake of stepped up bank attacks, the top brass of the North Carolina Credit Union League began scheduling special meetings with reporters and editors this month to convey a more positive CU message. "In light of some pretty...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky credit unions this month were facing down a fresh attack from the Kentucky Bankers Association which managed to get prominent media coverage for a KBA-financed "study" harshly critical of CU loan practices with a swipe at "tax-dodging" policies. Conclusions of the so-called "Critical Assessment of Kentucky...
BOISE, Idaho - Two small Idaho credit unions, the $29 million Les Bois FCU in Boise and the $38 million Potelco United CU of Pocatello, are winning the praises of lawmakers and civic leaders following the separate opening of two branches in communities abandoned by commercial banks. "It is heartening...
OTTAWA, Ill. - The demise of small Illinois credit unions - and its political and financial repercussions - emerged last week as a prime topic of CU discussion following comments about the industry's economic health by the state's new Director of the Division of Financial Institutions Michele Latz. "Some of...
TAMPA, Fla. - Across a wide front, the banking industry is waging a vicious "diversion" strategy against credit unions, and the battle ranges from that Oregon flap over CEO salaries to the attacks over field-of-membership expansion and tax exemption. That assessment of so many banking "untruths" comes from Bucky Sebastian,...
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