Credit Union Management

The so-called cleansing theory that there are too many underperforming or heavily capitalized small or midsize credit unions that need to be merged by larger brethren is coming in for fresh debate this summer.

Too many credit unions put too little thought into their relationships with their credit and debit card processors and should concentrate on getting more out those partnerships.

Despite recent activity, the NCUA has said it is not in the business of pushing mergers in 2012. According to an agency spokesman, there is an upsurge in mergers this year which is likely due to the ability of continuing credit unions to assume the responsibilities associated with mergers as...

Arizona credit unions reported the highest return on average assets in the country during first quarter 2012, according to the NCUAs Quarterly U.S. Map Review. But despite 123 basis points worth of profit, things arent completely sunny in the Copper State.

How many of us have marveled at the foresight and success of other individuals and then felt we perhaps missed the boat? How did he know to purchase a house in that rundown neighborhood that eventually turned around? Or pass on paying $400,000 for a house in 2006 that she...

It appears that young adults are becoming more aware of their health insurance coverage more than a year after the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.