ELGIN, Ill. - Veterans of the credit union insurance space, Kevin Shea and Phil Stewart are once again working with CUs, albeit with a product miles apart from insurance - telecommunications. Shea and Stewart have teamed up to form Members Telcom Services, Inc. The firm's first major initiative is partnering...
MANHATTAN-In its first year of granting Social Entrepreneurship Awards, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research honored Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union with a $9,500 check. Neighborhood Trust is a low-income, community development credit union with $7 million in assets and 4,000 members. The awards recognize "those who have taken the...
EECU Credit Union, Fort Worth, Texas, and Santa Fe Fort Worth Federal Credit Union have announced plans to consolidate. Santa Fe FWFCU's 4,7000 members will join EECU's 84,000 existing members. All Santa Fe FWFCU staff will be retained by EECU. EECU has more than $342 million in assets.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - As more competitors crowd the financial services arena community involvement plays a more integral role in credit union success. From hosting seminars with professional speakers to sponsoring a movie, credit unions stand ready to serve. Here is a look at just a few of the...
NEW YORK -N.Y. Mayor Giuliani made a plea that Oregonians simply could not ignore. While "bright lights, big city" and Oregon are not commonly linked together, this past Columbus Day weekend changed all that when a delegation of more than 950 Oregonians landed in the Big Apple to show their...
DENVER - It's been 28 years since Carroll D. Beach took over as president of the Colorado Credit Union League, and today his friends, associates and scores of CU executives across the nation call him the most powerful "missionary for credit unions" anywhere. And on Capitol Hill and in the...
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Another credit union has entered the insurance realm by purchasing an existing insurance agency. The $46 million Boise Employees Federal Credit Union has purchased Brekke Insurance Agency and renamed it Members-Plus, LLC. "We wanted to offer even more financial products to our members," said BEFCU President/CEO...
NEW YORK - In what can be considered a victory for both camps the verdict is finally in regarding the government's antitrust suit against credit card giants VISA U.S.A. and MasterCard International Inc. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones has ruled that the two credit card companies, which control 75% of...
MIRAMAR, Fla. - There's nothing like a Doppler Radar perched on a rooftop to give a credit union some serious media exposure. South Florida residents who want to know about the weather can now look to Eastern Financial Federal Credit Union. High on the rooftop of Eastern Financial FCU headquarters...