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PHOENIX - The official program of the American Bankers Association annual convention contained nary a mention of credit union competition, but it emerged in a handful of speeches and on the cocktail circuit as a high priority topic. Indeed, the outgoing president of the ABA, James E. Smith, in his...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - St. Mary' Credit Union recently implemented a relatively inexpensive photo capture system that managers say provides an easy way for staffers to identify members and help prevent fraud. While the $385 million credit union knew it was getting both a less-costly alternative to biometrics and a new...

Columbia Credit Union, Vancouver, Wash., has named Amy Mason and Pam Betteridge assistant vice presidents of branch operations. Rogue Federal Credit Union, Medford, Ore., President/CEO Tim Alford has been elected Chamber of Medford/Jackson County board chairman.

MADISON, Wis. - CUES' School of Business Lending will hold its first weeklong segment of a two-week course Oct. 21-25, 2002 and Jan. 6-10, 2003 at Stanford FCU in Palo Alto, Calif. The second segment is scheduled for Nov. 18-22, 2002 and Jan. 13-17, 2003 at Fairwinds CU, Orlando, Fla....

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - CU Association of the West is the latest group of credit union leagues to partner with Centrix Financial, LLC and agree to promote Centrix's financial Portfolio Management Program (PMP) to member credit unions. PMP allows credit unions to provide special auto financing to credit-impaired members. The company...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Following an internal investigation into the agency's travel and purchase card usage, NCUA is revamping its credit card usage policies and procedures to prevent potential problems. The review completed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) discovered little abuse of the 957 agency travel cards and no abuse of...

I read with interest Director Bill Slach's letter to the editor (CU Times, Sept. 11). CUES has published a compensation survey for our industry for 38 years. It has become the survey boards' and CEOs' trust for reliable, comparative compensation and benefits data. Any survey can be deemed "suspect" if...

Former Northern Star President Remembered Northern Star Credit Union, Portsmouth, Va., regretfully announces the passing of former President Frank Wright. Wright started working for Northern Star on February 14, 1977, when it was still known as Navy Yard Credit Union. He oversaw many changes to the credit union, including the...