VIENNA, Va. - The 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Michael Hagee, celebrated the 228th birthday of the Marine Corps at Navy FCU's headquarters Nov. 6. In addition to Hagee, other notables who joined the event and cake cutting ceremony were Navy FCU's President/CEO Brian McDonnell, several retired and...
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Credit Union Foundation is celebrating passing the $1 million market in funds raised since its inception in 1996. The first $14,000 of the funds were contributed in 1996, noted Foundation Chairman John Kebles, president/CEO, Choice One FCU, for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing...
MERRIFIELD, Va. - The $19 billion Navy Federal Credit Union is part of an effort that spans the financial services industry to educate members and customers about the coming changes to the new way checks are to be processed under Check21. The Check Conversion Education Coalition, officially named c2ec, has...
WASHINGTON-CUNA is chomping at the bit to help the Federal Reserve develop its regulation implementing the Check Truncation Act-signed into law this year-and disseminate relevant information to its members. "This has been a process that's been years in the making really," CUNA Assistant General Counsel Michelle Profit said. "CUNA met...
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Marketing resource provider Credit Union's Virtual Assistant has launched two new services to help credit unions' marketing efforts. Credit unions that currently subscribe to CUVA's newsletter service will now have their own syndicated cartoon. Each month CUVA will create a new cartoon, which can be used in...
WYOMISSING, Pa. - Wanting to tap into the pulse of today's youth, Bellco Federal Credit Union has created its first youth advisory board. Consisting of a group of up to 12 members ranging in age from nine to 18, the board will meet twice a month to discuss topics ranging...
WASHINGTON-In American Bankers Association Senior Economist Keith Leggett's most recent Credit Union Monitor column, he encourages the banking industry to follow CUNA's lead in uncovering how many members/customers are in each congressional district. "The premise is that once lawmakers see how many credit union customers reside within their districts, they...
GLASTONBURY, Conn. -Open Solutions Imaging Systems Inc. (imagic), has signed six clients to its item processing centers. imagic, a subsidiary of credit union data processor Open Solutions Inc., is a provider of checkimaging, COLD and document imaging technology centers. Full inclearing and POD capture, balance and posting are performed at...
IRVING, Texas - Believe it or not, but headaches may be sapping your credit union staffers' productivity. According to an AdvancePCS study entitled Lost Productive Time and Cost Due to Common Pain Conditions in the U.S. Workforce, common pain conditions including headaches, back pain, arthritis and other muscle and joint...
WASHINGTON-For its quarterly board meeting in December, CUNA plans to try a Webcast for efficiencies sake. Because the Dec. 11 meeting will be held in cyber space, travel expenses and nonproductive time will be much reduced, according to CUNA Senior Vice President of Communications Mark Wolff. He added that CUNA...