NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - R. Scott Woods has been appointed as the new president and CEO of the $1 billion South Carolina FCU. He succeeds Robert Dargan who retired from the position in April. Woods has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of S.C. FCU since...

Insight Financial Credit Union, Orlando, Fla., has named Jim Weber collections manager. Alabama Central Credit Union, Birmingham, has promoted Kim Warner and Melissa Hargett to regional vice president. SRP Federal Credit Union, North Augusta, Ga., has named Jenny Mutimer Martinez Branch manager and Linda Ness North Belair Road Branch manager....

SALEM, Ore. - Responding to what Oregon's top credit union regulator admits is jawboning, CUs in the state continue to "respond favorably" to an edict laid down two months ago by the state Division of Finance and Corporate Securities State Division urging CUs to offer payday loan alternatives or face...

CHAMPASAK and VIETIANE, Laos - Even in communist countries, the credit union philosophy is taking hold. In Laos, a fledgling credit union movement is being nurtured by the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) with government approval. However, the living conditions in the country would make any credit...