MERRIFIELD, Va.-After Navy Federal Credit Union announced earlier this year it would be launching member business services, the world's largest credit union wasted no time in signing on with Newtek Business Services, Inc.'s Small Business Finances to make Small Business Administration loans. Navy Federal, with 2.3 million members and over...
Credit Union Times' March 30 voting poll asking "Why the increased banker attacks," is interesting, but it has one glaring omission. That is: What about the bankers', responsibility? Could it be that "what's behind the banker attacks" is simply nothing more than the manifestation of bankers' desires to do away...
LAS VEGAS - The $160 million Community One FCU, headquartered in Las Vegas, has decided to offer Platinum VISA cards at 0% annual percentage rate for six months. The offer will be good from April 1 through June 30, 2004. Applying for the new card will also enroll the member...
DENVER - Virginia Gray's board of directors evaluated a host of local credit unions, and ultimately halted the search for a merger candidate, prior to giving the green light to pursue a merger with a Texas credit union located 650 miles away. In November 2003, $4 million state-chartered Rocky Mountain...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar's last appearance at a board meeting as the agency's chair, the board agreed unanimously, like much of his administration, to issue two proposed rules and heard the quarterly insurance fund report. As part of its annual review of one-third of NCUA's rules and regulations,...
The Wisconsin Credit Union League, Pewaukee, has named Kay Hinkens operations/consulting department consultant; Dustin Stone director of information systems; and Jeremy Yardley product and service manager for WCUL Service Corp. First American Credit Union, Beloit, Wis., has promoted Tracy Blaske to vice president of operations. In addition, Blaske was elected...
FAIRFAX, Va. - Harvey Baine III, who worked at NCUA for 34 years and was affectionately known by many of his colleagues as "the dean of the NCUA regional directors," passed away April 3. He was 70 years old. A native of Tchula, Miss., Baine joined the Bureau of Federal...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors, Inc. (ACUIA) will host its 14th Annual Conference and One-Day Seminar June 22 to June 25 at Bally's in Las Vegas. New this year the conference will include an ACUIA volunteer's reception, a supervisory/audit committee track and a "roundtable by...
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Redstone Federal Credit Union has taken a well-calculated leap to get more personally involved in the creativity and research game with its new inhouse advertising agency. "I have been working in marketing for 30 years and I have always wanted to do this," said Redstone FCU Vice...