Credit Union Management

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank continues to gain visibility as an alternative to corporate credit unions, but senior bank executives also made plain that their approach to credit unions fundamentally differs from a corporate’s.

Citing safety and soundness concerns, the NCUA is rejecting pleas by NAFCU and some credit unions to reverse its recent decision and allow well-capitalized credit unions to be exempt from restrictions on how much they can spend on fixed assets.

NCUA recently released a white paper on alternative capital. The question most people ask is whether credit unions will ever get alternative capital. I think the more interesting question is whether credit unions can make alternative capital work in a member-owned cooperative. I would say the answer is that alternative...

Paul Parish, president/CEO of the $3.2 billion Wings Financial Credit Union, announced May 2 he will retire at the end of the year.

CUNA Mutuals senior technologist will be the presenter at the companys next session of its Discovery Webinar series for 2011.

Mark Sievewright now gets to put his thoughts into action, and he said he hears that a lot.