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MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group has strengthened its commitment to corporate credit unions by adding a vice president of corporate credit union relations. The company named Dan Kavanaugh, a 14-year CUNA Mutual veteran to the post. Kavanaugh was most recently vice president of customer development. He will report to...

Joint advertising programs are nothing new to credit unions. With varying degrees of success (or failure), credit union ad dollars have been raised and spent on local, state, regional, and national paid space advertising campaigns for many years. These cooperative efforts have involved utilizing special newspaper supplements (a favorite) like...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a first, NCUA's Office of Corporate Credit Unions and corporate credit union CEOs are part of a new roundtable designed to enhance dialogue between the regulator and corporate leaders. The group gives OCCU Director Kent Buckham the opportunity to talk to corporate CEOs in a more...

WASHINGTON-At a meeting last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board approved a $1.1 billion Corporate Operating Budget for 2005. The agency also announced that it planned to cut 674 positions by the end of 2005, with substantial budget reductions for 2006. "I am very pleased that we will be...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Empire Corporate wants to give CU investment professionals all the information they need just when traffic is picking up. The corporate's investment services CUSO, MemberTrade Advisory Services, LLC, has launched Drive at Five, a new program for all credit unions that provides daily market data beginning at...

WASHINGTON-When CUNA and NAFCU backed opposing candidates in a run off election between Democrat Willie Landry Mount and Republican Charles Boustany, respectively, somebody had to come out on top. NAFCU's Boustany turned out to be the winner in the Dec. 4 run off. NAFCU-PAC had contributed $1,000 to Boustany's campaign...

MADISON, Wis. - Credit unions can expect to see a number of notable small business lending and services trends in 2005, particularly modeled after their community bank colleagues. In the Dec. 2 issue of The Point, a CUNA & Affiliates research publication, Steve Williams, a principal with Cornerstone Advisors, highlighted...

LUTZ, Fla. - The GTE Federal Credit Union (GTE FCU) Charitable Foundation's 1st Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament at the Cheval Golf & Country Club has raised $59,000 for local charities. Accommodating 120 players, the event was an overwhelming success for all those involved. Tournament participants enjoyed a day filled with...