Credit Union Management

In recognition of his 25 years of leadership, Gary Oakland, president/CEO of BECU, has been tapped to receive the Mark of Excellence Award at the Northwest Credit Union Association convention.

For a dozen years, Ive attended events like NAFCUs Congressional Caucus and CUNAs Governmental Affairs Conference. Every year, wise members of Congress play to their audience, smile and shake hands. If there were babies there to kiss at a credit union conference, theyd be doing that too. Politicians stay politicians...

At the close of 2011s second quarter, a handful of credit unions located in the sand states, where a teetering economy has made it most difficult for financial institutions to thrive, shared hopeful bits of news: net worth ratio improvements, net income increases, loan loss reductions and operating expense cutbacks.

Deciding where to live in retirement can involve more than checking the number of sunny days in various locations or calculating how long it will take to drive over to see the grandkids.

SAN ANTONIO Credit union technologists and operations specialists are coming together this week in the Lone Star State for the second year in a row their CUNA Councils have combined annual conferences.

SAN ANTONIO Credit union technologists and operations specialists are coming together this week in the Lone Star State for the second year in a row their CUNA Councils have combined annual conferences.