ANCHORAGE - In the first year that not-for-profit cooperatives were included in the rankings, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union has made the Alaska Business Monthly list of top Alaskan businesses. Each year the magazine ranks the top 49 businesses in the state based on gross revenue and the credit union...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Forty four credit unions have sold their credit card portfolios and likely entered into agent relationships with their buyers so far this year, according to Robert Hammer, a noted card portfolio consultant and broker. As of the end of the third quarter of this year, according...

Credit union card management draws closer all the time to a crossroads. Are credit cards a part of what many credit unions can and should offer as part of their core products and services, or should they retreat from the credit card field and give their card portfolios over to...

In Mike Welch's Sept. 24th Publisher's Column, "CEO Retirements Not Necessarily A Scary Thing," he did an excellent job of cautioning credit union boards to be certain they realize the importance of their CEO replacement actions. He stopped short of recommending that they seek professional assistance, so I'll say it....