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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%...

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union, Lake Jackson, Board Treasurer Tony Hlavaty has been appointed to serve as a Trustee for League District 13 on the Texas Credit Union League's Political Action Committee. Oklahoma Federal Credit Union, Oklahoma City, has appointed Tim DeLise president/CEO. In addition, the credit union has elected...

Life is full of contradictions. So is the world in which credit unions operate. Here are just a few of the many out there. Banking industry lobbyists would have everyone within earshot believe that the dramatic growth of credit unions has severely impacted banks. The wildest accusations against credit unions...

Responding to the recent rhetoric coming from the ABA, I'd like to submit my "two cents" to the on-going debate on the tax-exempt status of credit unions and the NCUA's commitment to serving all credit union members. The very first credit unions served whole communities, mostly agrarian, and only much...

WASHINGTON-The American Bankers Association has learned that criminals are using their name in an attempt to obtain financial information from consumers via e-mail. ABA is warning all consumers that the e-mail is not from them, nor would ABA ever request such information. The scam is similar to the one that...