MADISON, Wis. - LeAnn Achtenberg, director of marketing and business development at Electrus FCU in Brooklyn Center, Minn. was named chairman of the National Youth Involvement Board at the organization's annual meeting held Aug. 1-3. Her term is for one-year, and she replaces John Uchida, president of Space Age FCU...

WASHINGTON-In a recent letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.), CUNA expressed its support for the Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act of 2002 (S. 2438). The purpose of the bill is to amend the Home Ownership Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) to address predatory lending practices. HOEPA sets disclosure...

MCLEAN, Va. - Internet banking/bill pay firm Online Resources Corp. has signed three reselling agreements with credit union vendors. The three firms it signed with are eCU Technologies, LLC, Southwest Business Corporation and United Datatronics, Inc. eCU Technologies is a tech CUSO of Pennsylvania State Employees CU. United Datatronics is...

In the hype over whether CUSOs will continue to have the ability to share security commissions without NASD registration, we must not lose track of the fact that CUSOs have the most impact on the credit union industry when credit unions use CUSOs to work cooperatively. The power of combining...