Community/People News

The proposed trade group combining Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming credit union leagues has settled on a new name: Mountain West Credit Union Association.

About 10 years ago, Vicki ONeills children were in their teens and early 20s.As they took on more and more adult responsibilities, she realized there was a need for them to get a formal introduction to handling finances.

Locals interested in helping their communities now have a one-stop resource at ShiftIndiana.com.

With a new Facebook ad entitled “VCU in the Final Four,” the $2 billion Virginia Credit Union of Richmond wasted little time Monday in joining in the celebration of the underdog Virginia Commonwealth University Rams basketball team winning a “Final Four” berth in Sunday’s NCAA championship game.

Innovations Federal Credit Union is advertising the credit union advantage with a new music video, complete with choreography, special effects, a narrative and cover versions of popular music.

So far 91 members of Congress representing 32 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have signed on as honorary race chairs of this year’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.

The relief effort by credit unions to aid victims of the Japanese disaster continued this week with Western Bridge Corporate waiving international wire fees for CUs acting on behalf of their members.

For its service to the underserved, ASI Federal Credit Union was recently honored with the Small Business Administration’s Financial Services Champion of the Year award.