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NEW YORK - The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions is launching a new effort to help its member credit unions reach out to people with disabilities in their fields-of-membership and to help all credit unions better understand and serve what it says is a significantly underserved population. The...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - WesCorp is partnering with Sheshunoff Information Services, a Thomson Media subsidiary, for Internet-based ALM training specifically designed for credit unions. Credit unions can get access to more than 25 courses via the Internet that cover major developments in ALM. At the end of each lesson, users...

BRISBANE, Australia - Credit unions, corporations, and other institutions do not need more rules and regulations. What they need, Tim Laing told the more than 1,000 delegates at the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) Forum here June 22-26, is more stringent enforcement of the regulations that are already in...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Telesis Community Credit Union's wholly-owned member business lending CUSO, Telesis Partnerships, LLC, is no longer exclusively owned by the $306-million credit union. Telesis Community CU sold equity interest in the credit union to seven credit unions and one corporate credit union. In addition to Telesis Community CU,...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Participants in American Heritage Federal Credit Union's 10th annual Gelatin Olympics not only win a shower but they also help raise money for the Kids `N Hope Foundation. Founded by the $342 million credit union in 1996, the foundation supports the Music Therapy program at the Children's...

WASHINGTON-Two top federal lawmakers are availing themselves of the services credit unions provide. In required annual financial disclosures, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) reported that he holds a credit union account of $50,001-$100,000, a bank account with $100,001-$250,000 and a Fidelity investment fund of $50,001-$100,000, according to an article...

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...

LAS VEGAS - Diana Dykstra, president/CEO of Vandenberg FCU, Lompoc, Calif. was elected the new chairman of Credit Union Direct Lending during the auto lending network's annual symposium here June 18-20. She succeeds John Merlo, president/CEO, Premier America CU, Chatsworth, Calif. Prior to being elected chairman, Dykstra served on the...