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OMAHA, Neb. - It's a stretch to call it a "saturation" media blitz, but Omaha and Lincoln credit unions - many of them holding community charters - are getting the message out loud and clear this spring about their emerging place in the marketplace. For months now, the largest CUs...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - NAFCU recently wrote a letter to the editor to The Patriot-News defending Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union's decision to enter member business lending. NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker complimented the author on his "well-balanced story," while at the same time berating the bankers quoted in the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - So, how many credit unions have started to offer payday alternative loan products after all? It turns out, maybe not that many. Despite studies which have indicated that offering payday loan alternatives can be a practical and profitable service for credit unions to offer, and despite the...

ONTARIO, Calif. - About 140 credit unions will have access to surcharge free ATMs through an affiliation between the New York State Credit Union League's CU24 network and the CO-OP Network. The agreement allows CU24 participating credit unions to expand ATM access for their members through CO-OP Network's nearly 18,000...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Underscoring the heightened credit union profile in the state, the Arizona legislature appeared ready on April 1 to change the name of the Department of Banking to the Financial Institutions Department, though the change will not become effective until Dec. 31, 2005. "This is something we've pushed...

DULUTH, Minn. - Recent approval to expand for $74 million Duluth City & County Employees Credit Union could potentially boost its 9,300-member base to 25,000 new members and $109 million in assets over the next decade. The credit union's new community charter allows anyone who lives, works, worships or attends...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Large card issuing banks sent 12% fewer mass mail credit card offers in 2003 than in 2002, according to Synovate, a firm that tracks some card trends. The company's survey showed that 4.29 billion credit card offers were received by US households during 2003 down from...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. - Credit union members who hold their institution's debit cards are more open to other transactions with their credit unions than those who do not, according to a study by the Raddon Financial Group. Thirty-five percent of the 170,000 credit union members who responded to the survey...