WARRENVILLE, Ill. - Corporates lobbied NCUA to grandfather in and extend the time period to be able to offer Paid in Capital and they are taking advantage of it. The $4.5 billion Mid-States Corporate FCU's PIC offering reached $69 million. More than $16 million in new capital was generated and...

WASHINGTON - Two of the industry's leading trade groups, CUNA and NAFCU, are planning to intervene on behalf of the NCUA against the July 15 Utah field of membership suit brought by the American Bankers Association. "We're still working the issues, but the leadership of CUNA and NAFCU are committed...

Thanks for publishing Lecia Roundtree's well-written opinion article on outsourcing in the July 16th issue ("Increasing Human Resource Efficiencies Through Outsourcing.") In addition to some of the excellent points Roundtree makes, outsourcing is sometimes the only option for small and mid-sized credit unions that need expertise in areas they have...

OSTON-Focus on process and not substance in negotiations and all parties should walk away from the table better, according to Collaborative Thinking President Michael Chaffers. It is rare that parties to negotiations sit down and think about how to talk with the other party, yet "It's one of the most...