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Point Loma Credit Union, San Diego, Calif., has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open its newest branch in San Marcos. PLCU now operates nine full-service branches in San Diego County. Members of the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce attended the grand opening celebration along with PLCU staff and Board...

Credit unions need to know what's on the minds of the bankers. On page 38 readers will find coverage of the America's Community Bankers recent GAC held in Washington. Credit unions came up on a number of occasions, but the banking group says it has bigger fish to fry.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Surf and sun may be on the minds of a lot of young Californians, but for Scott Murray and Jeremiah Worthington, the big thing was creating a home-grown online lending system that's now saving their employer a cool $120,000 a year or so. Using what was available...

WASHINGTON - While there's been much emphasis on the burgeoning payday lending business which rakes in an estimated $2.4 billion in annual revenue, not much data has been collected on why consumers turn to payday loans for their emergency financial needs. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the National...

As we proceed through 2002, many of the hot topics in credit union technology have slowed down dramatically, with one notable exception: Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This technology issue is expected to remain strong. Meridian Research predicts that the U.S. financial industry will spend over $2 billion this year on...

Credit Union Times is an excellent publication, but some of the recent news articles make me think of all the changes that have taken place since those days long gone by when CUNA met in the spacious and drafty Dane County Fairgrounds building in Madison, Wisconsin. I only mention this...

WASHINGTON - California Congressman Joe Baca (D) has thrown his support behind allowing federally-insured credit unions to count alternative capital toward their net worth calculation. In a letter he sent to Rep. John LaFalce (D-N.Y.), a ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, Baca stated his support for Sherman's...

NEW YORK - Jupiter Media Metrix has ranked the $15.1 billion Navy FCU's Web site (www.navyfcu.org) 13th on a new index measuring U.S. financial institution sites. The index measures number of unique visitors, usage intensity, usage frequency, and customer loyalty or transition. The following is the Top 20 financials based...