PASADENA, Calif. - Adding to the excitement of a record-high attendance at the 12th Annual Charter Schools Conference here Jan. 24-26 was the California Charter Schools Association's partnership with the California Credit Union, in nearby Glendale, to deliver much-needed products and services to California charter schools. With the number of...

KENTWOOD, Mich. - CU*Answers said it is going into 2005 on the heels of one if its best years yet, having signed 11 new clients to its CU*BASE processing system in 2004, representing more than 110,000 new members. There now are 106 credit unions on the platform, says the Kentwood-based...

ALEXNDRIA, Va. - NCUA recently gave the go-ahead to a federally-chartered credit union wanting to use split dollar life insurance to fund employee benefit obligations. The FCU said the split dollar arrangement is owned by the employee and paid for by the FCU. The FCU treats the split dollar arrangement...

I just read Mike Welch's Jan. 12 column, "Waving the Flag for Small CUs Not Smart," on small credit unions and I just had to share my thoughts. I think a lot of us fear not so much the disappearance of small credit unions but rather the disappearance of all...