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Playing to our strengths

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

I appreciate Mike Welch's comments about NAFCU in the July 11 issue of Credit Union Times. I appreciate his clear identification of the mechanism by which all of NAFCU's strengths flow: direct membership. As to his comments on size, this is always a relative matter. As it applies to NAFCU,...

Dalton's Call_Solutions on a steep growth curve; more ex-Fiserv execs join the ranks

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Blink too long and you may miss George Dalton make another acquisition. Dalton, a co-founder of Fiserv and a big believer in acquiring companies to grow a company, has taken his acquisitive style to the call center industry. Just eight months since forming Call_Solutions, Dalton has led...

VENDORS

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc, a residential loan provider, has named Brian Hale executive vice president of national production for its consumer markets division. In addition, Countrywide has promoted R.J. Arnett to senior vice president of production for the Western division and Jeff Garrison to regional vice president for Southern California....

Credit unions fall slightly, but still outpace banks, thrifts in annual American Banker/Gallup Consumer Survey

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

NEW YORK - It looks like credit unions will have bragging rights for at least another year. Once again credit unions outpaced all other financials in satisfaction levels according to the annual American Banker/Gallup Consumer Survey. The 2001 survey found that consumers in general are happier with their primary financial...

NCUA Board acts unanimously on a number of key issues

Sarah Snell Cooke | July 31, 2001

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Even though nearly all the issues addressed at the July NCUA Board meeting were very significant to the credit union industry, the meeting ran as smoothly as any of the others this year. During the meeting, the NCUA Board members approved unanimously every single item that came before them,...

Savings campaign offered en espanol

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

MADISON, Wis. - The two year "Plan it, Save 4 it" savings campaign pilot is reaching out to the Hispanic market. Promotional materials including a black & white quarter-page ad and text for a statement stuffer have been produced in Spanish and both are available free online. Sponsored by NCUF...

Bankruptcy reform, please

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

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Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

CUNA Mutual Group, Madison, Wis., has promoted Paul Meier to vice president in information technology, network/voice and Peggy Haack to vice president in information technology, server hardware/software.

Michigan state legislature makes it possible for credit unions to convert to thrifts

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

NORTHVILLE, Mich. - It's happened again. Add Michigan to the growing list of states that have enacted legislation providing a mechanism for state-chartered credit unions to convert to mutual thrifts. Less than two weeks after the Rhode Island state legislature passed similar legislation (CU Times, July 25), the Michigan House...

Blaine not ready to concede fight for alternative sources of capital for CUs

Staff Writer | July 31, 2001

RALEIGH, N.C. - Jim Blaine, president/CEO of $6 billion-State Employees Credit Union of North Carolina is not daunted by NCUA's decision to not count as net worth a $1 million capital equity share investment from Self-Help Credit Union. He intends to continue to defend his position that federally-insured credit unions...