PWCampbell, a design/build firm, has promoted Valerie Bray to interior design director. Southwest Business Corporation, an insurance, investment and mortgage loan service provider, has named Gary Linder vice president of the employee benefits division. Marketing Partners, a marketing agency, has named Heather Sylak marketing consultant. Assurant Group, an affinity marketer...
PORTLAND, Ore.- Portland Teachers CU (PTCU) considers its recently announced partnership with Portland Mortgage Company a natural. Portland Teachers CU, founded in 1932 and one of the state's oldest CUs, holds claim as the largest CU in Oregon, with assets exceeding $1.1 billion and more than 136,000 members. Portland Mortgage...
LOS ANGELES - Thirty years after it first set out to create a convenient, economical car buying service for credit unions and their members, Autoland celebrated its anniversary as the largest car buying service for CUs, representing more than 8 million members with over $270 million in vehicles sold each...
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - Credit union consulting firm Counter Intelligence Associates is launching what it believes to be the first comprehensive member business lending training program in the industry, and it has established a correspondent relationship to give CUs instant access to the MBL market. Diane Johnson, CEO of...
DENVER - As many as 30 Colorado credit unions could join that new credit union-owned trust company, organized by the Colorado Credit Union League, according to League officials. Douglas Burke, League senior vice president of network services, said "it may not be until the summer of 2002" until other CUs...
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry L. Jolette, CUNA vice chairman and president/CEO of the $420 million San Mateo Credit Union, Redwood City, is expected to move into the top elected post in CUNA later this month at the annual CUNA Symposium and annual meeting here. Jolette, a former NCUA regional director,...
MADISON, Wis. - Despite accusations that credit unions are losing their focus on serving the underserved, a recent study by the Filene Research Institute indicates that may not be the case. Based on an analysis of the Survey of Consumer Finances, an in-home survey of 4,309 households sponsored by the...
WASHINGTON - Auto lending continues to account for one of the major components of credit unions' loan portfolios, and CUs hold a strong market share-nearly a quarter, as of year-end 2000-of the total U.S. auto loan market. Still, as far as channels used by CUs to secure auto loans, indirect...
MADISON, Wis. - At press time, CUNA's Market Research Department released the 2001/2002 Credit Union Environmental Scan. Designed to facilitate strategic planning, the annual report surveys the credit union landscape in terms of demographics, marketing, finance and economics, technology, financial products and services, human resources, and legislative and regulatory issues....
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Add Jax Navy FCU's name to the growing list of federal credit unions that have broken rank and either already converted to a state-charter or have applications pending. Jax Navy FCU-the 15th largest credit union in the country with approximately $1.8 billion in assets and the second...