BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It's being called pragmatic and requires "significant commitment" by management, but the Alabama Credit Union League maintains its two-year-old program to revitalize small CUs is bringing results. "We had one of our credit unions with negative growth that started out about to be merged and now has...
SALT LAKE CITY - Against a backdrop of legal maneuvering in preparation for the first court hearing on the American Bankers Association suit against NCUA's field of membership policies, two more Utah state-chartered credit unions have confirmed plans to switch to a federal charter. They are the $115 million Utah...
SALT LAKE CITY - Sometimes a merger with a stronger partner, rather than converting to a federal charter, is the answer to future growth for small Utah state-chartered credit unions. At least that's the message being conveyed by the $120 million Utah First Federal Credit Union which announced it is...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Credit unions score well at the top of the financial heap-and above banks-when it comes to winning public trust on consumer advocacy, according to a new study by Forrester Research Inc. A July report covering a survey of a million U.S. consumers issued by Forrester, a Cambridge,...
WASHINGTON - Two of the industry's leading trade groups, CUNA and NAFCU, are planning to intervene on behalf of the NCUA against the July 15 Utah field of membership suit brought by the American Bankers Association. "We're still working the issues, but the leadership of CUNA and NAFCU are committed...
MILWAUKEE - In a bid to reach the "unbanked," a group of Wisconsin credit unions has begun offering non-member check cashing through a standalone branch service center in suburban Brown Deer. The service, which debuted July 15 and is offered through a CUSO, Wisconsin Credit Union Shared Service Centers Inc.,...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - After turning back a banker-backed tax initiative last February, New Mexico credit unions are girding for possible new combat this fall on a proposal to impose a 5.85% sales tax on state-chartered CUs. Officials of the New Mexico Credit Union League said July 21 they hope to...
OGDEN, Utah - The three Utah credit unions named in the American Bankers Association's July 15-suit challenging NCUA's field of membership authority are apparently moving ahead with branch plans despite the legal cloud. The $2.6-billion America First Federal Credit Union, the state's largest, said "we are proceeding on the same...
SALT LAKE CITY - Attorneys for NCUA and industry trade groups began plotting their legal strategy this week on exactly how they might respond to an American Bankers Association suit here challenging "local community" definitions on field of membership rules for three Utah credit unions. For its part, NCUA said...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - John Radebaugh, president and CEO of the New Mexico Credit Union League, has been tapped to take over the top staff job at the North Carolina Credit Union League effective at yearend. Radebaugh, 50, has been named president-elect of the North Carolina League to start in early...

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