BALTIMORE- Rod Staatz has been appointed by the board of directors of State Employees CU of Maryland to succeed Teresa Halleck as SECU's new president/CEO. Staatz's appointment was effective May 12. Halleck left SECU last year to work as president/CEO of the Golden 1 CU in California. She succeeded Stan...

WASHINGTON-Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) recently requested suggestions for a regulatory relief bill in the Senate from NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar. Shelby explained in his May 23 letter that he felt regular review of the effectiveness of banking laws and regulations is important. "To this end, I respectfully...

DULUTH, Ga. -Corporate credit unions are not letting competition get in the way of cooperation with a newly brokered CD CUSO. Twenty-four corporate credit unions and U.S. Central have joined forces to form Corporate Exchange, a new CUSO that will offer natural person credit unions a brokered CD program known...

VACAVILLE, Calif. - When you're big, and your smaller neighbor needs help, why not pitch in? That attitude backs efforts by Travis Credit Union to help launch a new credit union expected to open its doors in a few months to serve the area's Hispanic residents, and it bespeaks the...