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NAFCU Submits Testimony for the Record On Savings and Financial Literacy

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

WASHINGTON-NAFCU submitted written testimony last week to Congress' Joint Economic Committee hearing on "Helping Americans Save" touting credit unions efforts to boost savings and financial education. The credit union trade association expressed its support for congressional efforts to enhance retirement savings legislation with the president's proposals for lifetime and retirement...

SECU of Maryland Takes a Step Back to Move Forward; Aims to Boost Products-per-Member

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

BALTIMORE - Someone should probably tell Rod Staatz that the saying `the shortest distance between two points is a straight line' often holds true with career paths. Staatz's road to working with credit unions, specifically as president/CEO of State Employees CU of Maryland, has been anything but straight. In fact,...

Number of Wisconsin CUs Falls to Historic Lows as Assets, Number of Members Increase

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin lost 10 more credit unions in 2003, bringing the number of credit unions to 298, the fewest since the 1930s, according to the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. The decrease continues a trend that began in the late 1960s. But while the total number has dropped,...

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Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

HarborOne Credit Union, Brockton, Mass., has elected Edward Kent board chair. Vermont Federal Credit Union, Burlington, has named Tom Crapo vice president of operations. Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union, has named Kristina Moran portfolio manager of its wholly-owned CUSO MemberTrade Advisory Services, LLC. Chartway Federal Credit Union, Virginia Beach, Va.,...

Not a Guzzler, But He Collects Beer Cans.Big Time

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

TUCSON, Ariz. - When it comes to hobbies, James Knoff of Tucson, Ariz. has one that you might say.."ales" him. Knoff, president/CEO of Pima Federal Credit Union, is a beer collector extraordinaire. "I started collecting beer cans back in 1978 when I was an examiner for the old Falstaff Credit...

PCUA to Sponsor Conference Call to Update on Banker Attacks, Encourage CU Unity

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association is inviting all Pennsylvania credit unions to participate in a conference call the Association is sponsoring on April 1 to update CUs on banker attacks and the important need for credit union unity. While the issues the bankers are bringing up vary...

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Reviewing Loan Portfolio Risk Can Save Time, Money for Credit Unions

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

Managing loan portfolios has become increasingly complex in recent years, in part because of the growing number of bankruptcies. According to CUNA, loans subject to bankruptcies have increased 15 % and net charge-offs have risen 32% since 1996. These trends make it imperative that credit unions not only remain consistently...

Charlie Mac Forms Partnership with WesCorp; Has Purchased $750 Million in CU Loans So Far

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - In yet another sign that CharlieMac's star is on the rise as a viable secondary market option for credit unions, CharlieMac and WesCorp, the nation's largest corporate, have joined forces on jumbo mortgages. WesCorp now offers CharlieMac's JumboExpress program to its 1,000-plus member credit unions. JumboExpress...

Spim Joins Spam as Threat to Online Communications Channels

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

BOSTON - First there was spam. Now there's spim. Telemarketers, seeking new venues in the wake of the Do Not Call Legislation, now are targeting instant messaging (IM) users with unsolicited offers for free prizes, special discounts and all kinds of things no one asked for, according to The Yankee...

Corporate Central CU Goes Homegrown for New CEO, Names Fouch to Top Job

Peter Westerman | March 16, 2004

HALES CORNER, Wis. - Corporate Central Credit Union's eight-month search to fill the big shoes being left by CEO Mark Schroeder is over. In the end the corporate wound up finding its new CEO internally in Executive Vice President Bob Fouch. He will assume the position on July 1, while...

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NAFCU Submits Testimony for the Record On Savings and Financial Literacy

SECU of Maryland Takes a Step Back to Move Forward; Aims to Boost Products-per-Member

Number of Wisconsin CUs Falls to Historic Lows as Assets, Number of Members Increase

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Not a Guzzler, But He Collects Beer Cans.Big Time

PCUA to Sponsor Conference Call to Update on Banker Attacks, Encourage CU Unity

Reviewing Loan Portfolio Risk Can Save Time, Money for Credit Unions

Charlie Mac Forms Partnership with WesCorp; Has Purchased $750 Million in CU Loans So Far

Spim Joins Spam as Threat to Online Communications Channels

Corporate Central CU Goes Homegrown for New CEO, Names Fouch to Top Job

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