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  • Openness and inclusiveness key to Renaissance, commissioners say

    WASHINGTON-Being open and including every faction of the credit union community in the information gathering process of the Renaissance Commission was extremely important according to commissioners. In determining the next step for CUNA's board, self-determination for credit unions appears to be the theme. According to Renaissance Commissioner Rosie Holub, president...

  • Alaska USA FCU exec hopes to fill vacant Senator seat

    JUNEAU, Alaska - Nancy Bear Usera, senior vice president of Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, has thrown her hat into the ring as one of the candidates vying to fill the state's Senate seat vacated last month. Sen. Drue Pearce left the post to serve as senior adviser for Alaskan...

  • Community CU gets a quick response to imaging solution

    DALLAS- That didn't take long. That's the feeling of Community Credit Union in Plano, Texas after over 7,000 members tried to view images of their share drafts in less than 24 hours of the CU's new online check imaging service being launched. The CU announced the new service with just...

  • CU of Texas attracts Forbes, Business Week coverage

    DALLAS - Credit Union of Texas, formerly Dallas Teachers CU, is receiving some big time ink in the likes of Forbes magazine and Business Week. The CU was highlighted in a Forbes story that focused on large companies utilizing data warehousing. Business Week covered the CU in a story on...

  • Security Service FCU CUSO chooses Fiserv

    SAN ANTONIO - Security Service Investment Group here, a wholly-owned financial services subsidiary of Security Service Federal Credit Union, has selected Fiserv Investor Services, Inc., of Houston, Texas, member NASD/SIPC, as its new broker-dealer for the processing of transactions. Security Service Investment Group offers a full line of investment and...

  • Ethics and the credit union

    MADISON, Wis. - A new book from CUNA's Center for Professional Development sets out to discover if ethics plays a role in the modern day credit union. The Power of Business Ethics by Dick Radtke serves as a practical guide for dealing with ethical issues in day-to-day duties. The handbook...

  • DONATIONS

    St. Mary's Bank, Manchester, N.H., has raised $2,500 through its community outreach efforts to support the Jump$tart Coalition for personal financial literacy. The mission of the Jump$tart program is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, and encourage financial literacy standards for grades K-12; and to promote the...

  • Greater credit union self-determination makes regulatory affairs job easier

    ARLINGTON, Va.-Though NAFCU has always had a good working relationship with NCUA, according to NAFCU Director of Regulatory Affairs Gwen Baker, she admits that the current Republican-influenced trend toward less government interference in credit union activities this year is making her life easier. Baker certainly appreciates this, given Communications Manager...

  • NAFCU Issue Special Features

    Where are they now? Find out what one of NAFCU's founding fathers - John Hutchinson - is up to these days.....Page 18. Book worms. The reading list of credit union CEOs is as varied as their management styles.....Page 30 NAFCU "At work" pictorial. Take a visual tour of NAFCU "at...

  • What pages CEOs are turning for stress relief, fun

    WEST PALM BEACH - A recently released study found that Americans spend more time at work than any other country. With the summer months here, reading books is just one way many busy executives escape for mini mental-vacations. Whether discovering different cultures and worlds or learning about history, books serve...