SPARTA, Mich. - COWWW Software says that Synergent Corp., a 53-client service organization of the Maine Credit Union League, has decided to continue its partnership with COWWW after the Maine company's recent conversion to the Symitar core processing system. COWWW Software will continue providing Synergent's credit unions - ranging in...

Deere Community Federated Credit Union, Ottumwa, Iowa, has promoted Laura Meeker to vice president of branch operations. In addition, DCFCU has elected Scott Riddle board director. CUNA Credit Union, Madison, Wis., has named Mike Bunge chief operating officer. MidWest Financial Credit Union, Ann Arbor, Mich., has promoted Lisa Castro to...

WASHINGTON - In order to help focus and streamline credit union's ongoing struggle to refute bankers' attacks, CUNA has prepared a new document which will gather many of credit unions' rebuttal arguments into one place. "The bankers' attacks are unprovoked, unrelenting and unfair," said CUNA CEO Dan Mica. "If the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Lending to self-employed borrowers typically carries much more risks, but tax safeguards are in place to protect credit unions from mitigating circumstances down the road, NCUA recently advised. NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson said as member business lending continues to grow, credit unions need to remember the unique...