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Positioning itself for future asset growth, the $2.9 billion Desert Schools Federal Credit Union announced last week it has added what it calls "a new layer of management structure" by promoting three vice presidents to senior vice presidents.

In a few years, phishing has gone from a largely unknown Internet crime to one of the most prevalent, with increasingly sophisticated and creative attacks targeting even the smallest of credit unions. In fact, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, a global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating fraud and...

NAFCU Services Corporation, NAFCU's preferred partner program has named a card consultant firm to the program for the first time. Alliance Financial Services LLC provides consulting, advisory and brokerage services to payment card issuers, and specializes in helping credit unions maximize the value that they have in their credit and...

Citing service and distribution handicaps, the Credit Union Association of Colorado said last week it has sold its "Savings Safari Youth Program" to one of its partners, ProAdSpec Inc., a Cottage Grove, Wis. promotion firm.

The FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion endorsed an agency plan to create a two-year pilot for banks to establish reasonably priced, small dollar loan programs.

Joy Cousminer, CEO of the $10 million Bethex Federal Credit Union and longtime community development credit union leader has been recognized once again for the work she and the credit union have offered people in her community. The most recent recognition came in the form of a U.S. flag that...