Credit Union Management

A little over a year after Texans Credit Union settled a contentious wrongful termination case with the former president of its insurance CUSO, the cooperative has been hit with yet another suit with strikingly similar details.

The head of one of Atlanta’s largest credit unions, Lin Hodges of the $1.1 billion Associated Credit Union, takes a dim view of “slash and burn” tactics when it comes to CU merging.

Late last year the NCUA published its regulation on expectations for credit union directors. The agency focused specifically on financial literacy and how it will be measured. As the July 27 deadline for compliance looms, Credit Union Leadership Forum conducted a survey of credit union executives and board members as...

Often in life things happen that you just have to shake your head at. We all know this happens in CUs, too. That said, I’m going to indulge my penchant for sarcasm with a list of how-to’s you never want to see.

The concept of mandatory dues to pay for industry-sponsored awareness campaigns looks to be ending. The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association said it was ending a four-year-old rule financing the iBelong campaign out of concern it might lose disaffiliating members because of the economy and internal costs.

his past month, I attended a Deloitte conference hosted by its Center for Corporate Governance, including 1,000 directors across 30 locations, live from New York City. One of the most important topics and issues discussed is the board’s approach to succession planning.