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  • Former CUs give final dividend

    APPLETON, Wis. - The AAL CU and the AAL Member CU here, which were liquidated and transferred to AAL Bank and Trust, have declared a final $15.5 million in liquidating dividends to their members. AAL Member CU dished out an 8.36% dividend, giving close to $12 billion to 46,753 members,...

  • Bush nominates Olson, former ABA president, to Fed

    WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Mark W. Olson to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, representing the 9th District for the remainder of a 14-year term expiring January 31, 2010. Most recently he served as Staff Director of the Securities Subcommittee...

  • Malheur FCU: How one small CU reached across the state border to expand its membership

    ONTARIO, Ore. - Businesses today are often advised to think "out of the box" in pursuing their goals to attract consumer dollars in today's highly competitive marketplace. Credit unions are no exception, and that's exactly what one small credit union in eastern Oregon did to expand its membership. Malheur FCU...

  • Release of Renaissance report irresponsible

    The appointment of a Renaissance Commission by CUNA is a forward looking management action; however, as reported in the July 11 issue of Credit Union Times, the output forwarded to the President of CUNA (Dan Mica) is a laundry list including many "visions" without evaluation, priority, weighing the relative sparseness...

  • AWARDS

    Texas Credit Union League, Dallas, has held an awards ceremony to recognize the dedication and achievements of four outstanding professionals in the credit union movement. GENCO Federal Credit Union President Billy F. Spivey has been named the "2001 Texas Credit Union Professional of the Year" and Texaco Community Federal Credit...

  • Lower market interest rates are good for credit unions-NOT!

    Recently, a well-known credit union economist stated that Fed rate cuts are good for credit union bottom lines because it increases the upward slope on the yield curve (a paraphrase). An examination of the graph exhibit shows a different reality. The chart shown here compiles Net Interest Income (NII) for...

  • CUs may need for-profit-like compensation tools to attract tomorrow's CEOs; CUNA Mutual says it has an answer

    MADISON, Wis. - It's not quite a doom and gloom scenario, but there's considerable concern in the industry about the number of credit union CEOs expected to retire in the next five years. CUNA Mutual says its new for-profit-like compensation product can give CUs another weapon in attracting and retaining...

  • Donations

    Florida Commerce Credit Union, Tallahassee, has raised $4,615 for the 2001 March of Dimes during the WalkAmerica campaign. FCCU placed third in monies raised. With the help of credit union members, employees and volunteers sold special March of Dimes bean bag babies, paper sneakers, and solicited sponsor funds for the...

  • Becker congratulates FCUs on their success

    ORLANDO, Fla.-NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker took the time during NAFCU's Annual Conference & Exhibition to commend federal credit unions for their growth. He told the 1,600 attendees of the conference that federal credit union membership was climbing and that one in four Americans belongs to a credit union....

  • FirstCorp acquires Arizona league service corp.'s share draft program

    PHOENIX - After providing settlement and back office services for the Arizona Credit Union League Services Corp.'s member share draft program for almost 10 years, FirstCorp has taken the next step and acquired the program. As part of acquisition plan, the corporate credit union is planning to add image technology...