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Saugus Federal Credit Union, Mass., President John J. Smolinsky has recently been recognized by the credit union's Board of Directors in honor of his 20th anniversary with the credit union. During Smolinsky's 20 years with SFCU, the credit union has grown from four employees and $9 million in assets to...

APPLETON, Wis. - Suze Orman, a nationally-known financial advisor, recently shared some of her investment and retirement pearls of wisdom to a large crowd here.Nearly 800 persons attended a recent financial advisory session presented by Orman, a widely-known financial advisor and host of her own show on CNBC. The $450...

MANCHESTER, U.K. - As the new CEO of the Association of British Credit Unions, Ltd. (ABCUL), Mark Lyonette is ready for the many challenges facing the United Kingdom's growing credit union industry. Lyonette has worked for ABCUL since 1998, and when former CEO Shaun Spiers resigned early this year Lyonette...

LANCASTER, S.C. - There are few chief executives across the U.S. more enthused about CUNA's philanthropic 2004 campaign to distribute child identification kits than Bruce Brumfield of Founders FCU. "What better way is there for credit unions to set ourselves apart from other financial institutions and to give something back...

TACOMA, Wash. - Rainier Pacific Financial Group, the mutual holding company which owns the $760 million Rainier Pacific Bank announced it is buying back 5% or 372,000 shares of its outstanding stock. This is the second time in the bank's first year of stock issuance that it is doing a...

MILWAUKEE -Metavante is clearly trying to grow through acquisitions. The company recently announced plans to acquire Addison, Texas-based VECTORsgi. VECTORsgi is a provider of banking transaction applications, including electronic check-image processing and image exchange, item processing, dispute resolution and e-commerce solutions for financial institutions and corporations. VECTORsgi's technology is used...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn.- TopLine Federal Credit Union has promoted Ronda Bandy to marketing manager. Bandy has more than 13 years of marketing experience and a degree in applied design from the University of Minnesota. In her new position, Bandy is responsible for day-to-day marketing operations including identifying and implementing marketing,...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21) becomes effective on October 28, 2004, and NCUA does not want credit unions to forget about it. In Regulatory Alert 04-RA-12, NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson alerted credit union board members that Check 21 is coming up on the scene...