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HIALEAH, Fla. - The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), AARP and elected officials have announced plans to work together to restrict abusive lending practices in the Sunshine State. As part of their strategy, the three groups plan to use public education and the passage of local and...

By ELAINE KINGOFF-BARR CU Times Editor-in-Chief TUKWILA, Wash. - Joe Brancucci, vice president of lending and chief lending officer for Boeing Employees' Credit Union, and president/CEO of Prime Alliance Solutions had a good reason to celebrate the new year. Not only did the one-year old CUSO formed in partnership between...

ARLINGTON, Va.-Brad Thaler has been promoted from NAFCU's associate director, to director of legislative and political affairs for the lobby group. He is charged with managing the association's lobbying team and grassroots and political action fundraising efforts. Thaler has served as the associate director of the department since 1999. During...

LIVERMORE, Calif. - CU Tech, a credit union technology company, said it has launched CU Worth, an account aggregation solution developed specifically for credit unions. The solution is powered by Yodlee. Sixteen credit union clients of CU Tech are set to go live with the product in the next couple...

WASHINGTON-Several CUNA and WOCCU officials met with Special Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Pippa Malmgren to discuss credit union issues domestic and abroad. Congress recently appropriated up to $2 million to WOCCU through the U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID) for economic development projects in South Africa...

PEWAUKEE, Wis. - Discussions on the Financial Modernization 2001 bill, compromise legislation supported by credit unions, the Wisconsin Bankers Association and the Community Bankers of Wisconsin, will headline the agenda at the Wisconsin Credit Union League's upcoming Government Affairs Conference, January 30-31. The legislation, Assembly Bill 299, was passed by...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Credit Union League's Web site was down all day January 15 as a result of its Internet service provider being hacked. League spokesperson Donna St. Clair said the hacking also affected about 120 other local companies serviced by the Web hosting provider. "We were one...

Froehlich's approach is what the industry sees happening more and more, using technology to supplement the interaction that's required for many types of learning. A PowerPoint slide delivered over the Internet is just that, a PowerPoint slide, and it can't replace human interaction, but the art of Internet training is...