NEW YORK-Credit union representatives were scurrying from event to event early last week during the Republican National Convention, many of which credit union groups hosted, in order to raise the political profile of credit unions. CUNA and NAFCU each have most of their lobbying staff in New York City where...
ATLANTA - William Porter's vision and tough, often out-of-the box decisions has catapulted what was once a credit union on the road to liquidation to become New York's largest state-chartered credit union. For a career in financial services spanning nearly 50 years - 23 years at Municipal Credit Union as...
NEW YORK - The $1.2 billion credit union that had to prosecute some members to recover funds they had stolen from its ATMs in the wake of the September 11 attacks has joined the CO-OP Network. Almost a year after the September 11 attacks, the Municipal Credit Union, headquartered in...
I've been following Credit Union Times' coverage of the labor situation between the Office of Professional Employees International Union Local 39 and CUNA Mutual, especially the article in your June 23 issue ("CUNA Mutual and Union Still at Odds; AFL-CIO Initiates Letter Writing Campaign on Behalf of Union") and a...
Truliant Federal Credit Union, Winston-Salem, N.C., has has awarded 10 scholarships to their members through the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation scholarship program. The Fred J. Sarda Scholarship was set up to honor Mr. Sarda, who is a founding member of the credit union. The recipients of the $1,000 Sarda Scholarship...
Municipal Credit Union, Manhattan, N.Y., has elected the following officers to its board: Dominic Morelli, chair; Willie James, 1st vice chair; Malachy T. Higgins, 2nd vice chair; Anna Mae Massy, 3rd vice chair; James McKeon, treasurer; Shirley Jenkins, secretary; C. Richard Wagner, assistant treasurer; and Anne M. Garfield, assistant secretary....
BOSTON- EasCorp re-elected three directors at its 26th annual meeting held recently at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Joe Bean, Charles (Chuck) Bowles and Paul Mayotte (who will serve as chairman) were all re-elected. Bean is CEO of Hingham Federal Credit Union, Hingham, Mass.; Bowles is president of...
Mike Welch's column in the Feb. 18 issue on Jet CU's problems ("White Hat Smudges Can Provide Valuable Lessons") is right on, but I think there is more in this sad story. Where was the Supervisory Committee? In New York State, CUs have elected Supervisory Committees (SC); this gives them...
WASHINGTON - State chartered credit unions revealed some of the anticipated and unanticipated barriers they face in gaining more powers and expanding their presence during a break out session at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference. The session, led by CUNA State Credit Union Committee Chair Lee Williams, produced some old and...
WESTBROOK, Me. - For credit unions in Maine, 2003 was a busy year. In final figures released by the Maine Credit Union League, the 2003 Maine CU Campaign for Ending Hunger Campaign raised $209,030.75 - an 8% increase over last year's record-setting total of $193,624.02 and the seventh consecutive year...
