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CHICAGO - Las Vegas-based Nevada Federal Credit Union has been presented the 2003 HR Service Excellence Award from employee survey provider HR Solutions, Inc. Winners are selected based on the overall results of an HR Service Excellence survey conducted by some 812 participating organizations. The survey allowed the employees to...

WASHINGTON-Two credit unions recently announced that they received Small Business Administration approval to participate in the administration's guaranteed loan programs. Spokane Teachers Credit Union and Boeing Wichita Credit Union both have been approved for SBA lending to help them expand their business lending services. "We've been doing business and commercial...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Though credit union charter activity, such as adding underserved areas and mergers, was slow in February, it was in line with numbers from the same period in 2003. NCUA only approved four community charter conversions last month while deferring 15. The two largest conversions were Mutual First...

LATHAM, N.Y. - For his spirit and enthusiasm in supporting shared branch networking, the New York State Shared Service Centers has created the Ralph W. Hillman Marketing Award in honor of the late CEO of Nassau County FCU and chairman of the NYSSSC Board of Directors. Hillman passed away on...

TUKWILA, Wash. - With a year of legwork behind it, BECU Trust Co. is poised to turn its marketing plans up a notch in an effort to woo new clients, particularly more of the 300,000 members from $4 billion Boeing Employees' Credit Union. Launched last April by Boeing Financial Services,...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Workplace violence is creeping into credit unions. Most recently two tellers at California-based Monterey Credit Union prevented a tragedy when they stopped a former employee who was terminated from shooting a supervisor. Despite such news reports the jury is still out on whether workplace violence...

LA HABRA, Calif. - American First Credit Union has named Catherine Busse vice president of human resources. Busse has over 20 years of financial services experience and will oversee a team of five to help in the credit union's overall strategic planning efforts.

ARLINGTON, Va. - NAFCU's March Flash Report zeroed in on what credit union officials expect of their institution for the remainder of the year. More than half of those surveyed (54%) said they believed loan growth would increase for 2004 over 2003. A quarter forecast similar loan growth, while 21%...