News

The $193 million Altier Credit Union has issued a press release to promote the Financial Services Center Cooperatives' shared branching through Vcom kiosks located in 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Credit unions in North and South Dakota will have an easier way to bring surcharge free ATM services to their members thanks to an agreement inked recently between CO-OP Financial Services and the Mid-America Credit Service Corporation.

Shared branching got a boost into more of the credit union conscience in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their aftermath and there are indications it might be getting another in the wake of the October's tremendous fires in California.

CRI Systems, Inc. Affiliates, CRI Canada Inc. and Canadian Premier Holdings, Ltd., have signed an agreement to acquire Selient Inc.

The World Council of Credit Unions made a recent follow up trip to check on the success of a program it launched last summer in Peru.

Members of the Credit Union Economics Group gave a "modestly pessimistic" forecast this year as a result of the continued slowing of the housing market and increasing energy prices.