• CCUC's Caldwell elected to NASCO Board of Directors

    WASHINGTON - Bradford Caldwell, executive director for the Campus Credit Union Council has been elected to the board of directors of The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO). Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., NASCO represents student cooperative organizations in the U.S. and Canada. During the recent meeting of the board...

  • CIA, NAFCU team up for Webcast

    SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - Credit union consulting firm Counter Intelligence Associates (CIA) and NAFCU plan to team up once again to produce a live conference "Webcast" from NAFCU's 34th Annual NAFCU Conference and Exhibition. The conference and Webcast will be held from July 11 to July 14, 2001 in...

  • MIDWEST

    Dearborn Federal Credit Union, Dearborn, Mich., has named James Badge president of its Dearborn Financial Services investment and insurance services division. FORUM Credit Union, Indianapolis, has named Doug Sharkey assistant vice president of lending administration and Patrick Spencer business services manager. Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Warren, Ohio, has named Eric...

  • Negative savings rate affects everyone

    WASHINGTON-While many like to blame the government for the plummeting national savings rate, personal savings plays a major role. Since the 1960s, the personal savings rate has dropped from 8.3% to -0.1% in 2000, according to a recent study by the Government Accounting Office (GAO). To put these numbers in...

  • Pennsylvania CU regulator accredited by NASCUS

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's Department of Banking has become the 25th state regulatory agency to be accredited by NASCUS. For the agency, the accreditation status means the NASCUS Accreditation Review Team, Accreditation Audit Working Group and the Performance Standards Committee concluded that the Pennsylvania Department of Banking exceeds all the...

  • Level 9 challenging CUs to incorporate facility mentality into Web design

    MONTPELIER, Vt. - Credit unions are spending more money and time than ever in creating a retail environment in their branches, so why do they throw that mentality out the window when it comes to their Web sites. That's what Rob Smart, executive vice president of new business for Web...

  • On the charts

    As interesting as stories in each weekly issue of this publication are, our talented editorial and production team has found still another way to make them even more informative. They now add colorful and fact-laden charts to the pages of Credit Union Times in each weekly issue to bring statistics...

  • NCUA announces April charter activity

    ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA steamed ahead in April continuing with select employee group (SEG) additions for multiple common bond credit unions. The regional directors approved 1,252 SEG expansions in April. Community charter conversions are becoming increasingly popular with seven approved in April for a total of 1,604,263 potential members. One community expansion...

  • Colorado DFS to hold public hearings on changes to merger regulations

    DENVER - The Colorado State Financial Services Board plans to hold a public hearing July 13 to consider the final adoption of regulations of the Colorado Division of Financial Services pertaining to credit union mergers. If the proposed rule is adopted, it will require credit unions interested in merging to...

  • Texas league's CUER closes San Antonio branch, cites low market demand

    SAN ANTONIO - It started out four years ago with the best of intentions to provide staffing services to credit unions in the area, but on June 30 the San Antonio branch of Credit Union Employment Resources (CUER) will close its doors for business. Carmela McDermott, assistant vice president for...