MINNEAPOLIS - Officials at NWA Federal Credit Union are adamant that their agreement to be the depository for dues collection from Northwest Airlines employees that belong to the Professional Flight Attendants Association has no political ties and is strictly a convenient and efficient way to help union members. Nor is...

DES MOINES, Iowa - In an ironic twist of fate, a senior vice president at the University of Iowa Community Credit Union has been hired as the market president at Hawkeye State Bank - the same institution the credit union sought to buy earlier this year but was thwarted by...

BOCA RATON, Fla. - With economists predicting between $12 trillion and $17 trillion will pass from one generation to the next in the coming decade, credit union members will need an effective way to accommodate that "money on the move," according to some industry watchers. More than 40 participants attended...

WASHINGTON - Mutual fund companies and investment advisors may think that they have taken steps to deal with the rapidly approaching Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deadline of Aug. 6 for proxy vote reporting, but many firms have installed what are at best "stopgap measures" that are unlikely to prove...

MADISON, Wis. - When UW Credit Union sought out locally-based First Business Bank to offer trust and investment services to its mostly University of Wisconsin membership base, one prominent factor stood out: no competition overlap. UWCU recently partnered with First Business Trust & Investment Services, a division of First Business...

SAN DIEGO - Steve Hollenbeck has been keeping tabs on the "wirehouses" - the Merrill Lynches and J.P. Morgans of the brokerage industry and he's seeing a consistent trend among its high net worth clients. Some clients, despite having what industry insiders deem "serious money," are not getting the intimate...

TAMPA, Fla. and MADISON, Wis. - Nearly two years after developing a business plan for an entity that would offer coast-to-coast trust services and convincing regulators that such an effort could be realized, credit unions in all 50 states will now have access to the first nationally-chartered trust company owned...

TAMPA, Fla. and MADISON, Wis. - Nearly two years after developing a business plan for an entity that would offer coast-to-coast trust services and convincing regulators that such an effort could be realized, credit unions in all 50 states will now have access to the first nationally-chartered trust company owned...