News

WASHINGTON -- NAFCU will highlight its accomplishments and those of the credit union industry when it dedicates a room at America's Credit Museum in Manchester, N.H. on Wednesday.

SEATTLE -- Jeffry Pilcher, creative director and strategist at Weber Marketing Group the last eight years and who has played a role in some of the biggest credit union rebranding campaigns, is going out on his own this month to form an on-line branding firm, publication and blog.

WASHINGTON -- Responding to feedback on a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal involving protecting the privacy of a consumer's financial information, Desert Schools Financial Services cited its own pending lawsuit against a former financial adviser.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In a sharp setback for payday lenders, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that Advance America, the nation's largest payday lender, violated the state's Consumer Discount Company Act subjecting the firm to return of consumer funds.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Teres Solutions Inc. (www.teressolutions.com) and Southwest Business Corp. are integrating their offerings.

WASHINGTON -- Compensation figures of key credit union executives could be inflated if a proposed change in federal reporting requirements goes through, CUNA told the Internal Revenue Service today.

GLASTONBURY, Conn. -- Open Solutions Inc. (www.opensolutions.com) is now entering the Brazilian market.

MIRAMAR, Fla. and MIAMI -- CU Business Capital LLC and Blackstone Merchant Services have created a new venture that will offer end-to-end merchant payment processing solutions with gift and calling cards to small business members via their credit union.