Search Results

ARLINGTON, Va. - Howard Pitkin, Administrator of Depository Institutions for the Connecticut Department of Banking, was appointed to the NASCUS Regulator Board by NASCUS Chairman Roger Little, director of the Michigan Credit Union Division. Pitkin fills the seat vacated by John Woodward who retired in December from the Pennsylvania Department...

For some credit unions, "advertising" means "marketing." But in truth, that's like saying flag football is just like NFL football. Both may be played with pigskins, but it's hogwash to say they are the same. It's time credit unions stop equating advertising with marketing and get busy playing "full contact...

ARLINGTON, Va. - NASCUS accepted an invitation from Federal Reserve Board Gov. Susan Bles and met with her and several Federal Reserve Board staff the week of Dec. 8 to educate them on state regulator oversight of state-chartered credit unions. According to NASCUS, Gov. Bles and her staff were particularly...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - The board of directors offered no explanation on its decision to not renew the contract of Edward "Buck" Levins for 2004, after serving 16 years with Robins Federal Credit Union as president/CEO. Levins, 62, continued to serve as CEO for the remainder of 2003, according to...

FAIRBANKS- Alaska USA Federal Credit Union and its subsidiary, Alaska USA Mortgage Company, didn't let a little cold weather get in the way of member service. A recent cold snap in Fairbanks had members braving sub-zero temperatures for the first time in almost two years. Fairbanks is known as a...

Find out where the action is this year with Credit Union Times' annual vendor meeting list featured on pages 24-26.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -NCUA's new rules concerning member business lending which became effective Oct. 31, 2003 are still being digested by credit unions, but they're already drawing widespread interest and are expected to spark credit union business lending during the coming year. That's the word from C. Dennis Beaver, principal of...

WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae strongly disputed a recently issued preliminary report written by a staff economist at the Federal Reserve that opined that while Government-Sponsored Enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were primarily created to provide liquidity to the national mortgage market and lower the costs of homeownership for consumers,...