Iowa Credit Union League, West Des Moines, has promoted Justin Hupfer to director of regulatory compliance and internal counsel. Heritage Credit Union, Rockford, Ill., has elected Jim Jerving, Manager of CUNA & Affiliates Editorial Products, board director. Jerving will replace long-time director, Roger Julseth, who retired in early October.
DALLAS - CUNA Chief Economist Bill Hampel made an appearance on MSNBC's Today's Business recently. Hampel, who was on business in Dallas, visited a CNBC satellite office to do the live appearance. It aired at 6:40 a.m. eastern time, meaning for Hampel, being in the central time zone, it was...
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Arizona Central Credit Union has completed the installation of Bluepoint Solutions' Receipt Manager. Receipt Manager allows member signatures to be electronically captured at the teller window, eliminating the need to keep paper copies of all member receipts as dictated by state and federal regulations. "Receipt Manager gives...
One of the biggest challenges facing credit unions today is the desperate need for educated volunteers. It is a topic that is rarely openly discussed. I often ask credit union groups, "What is one of the greatest strengths of credit unions?" Almost always, the reaction is total silence. Surprisingly, even...
SAN ANTONIO - Southwest Business Corporation will showcase its new high-tech product line at "Tech Mecca" being held in Arlington, Texas from November 28 - 30. Tech Mecca is being jointly sponsored by the Independent Bankers Association of Texas, the Texas Credit Union League and the PULSE Network. SWBC will...
ATLANTA - In a co-marketing first, Discover Financial Services and The Mills Corporation have held the grand opening of the Discover Mills shopping center. The 1.3 million square-foot retail and entertainment center located in Gwinnett County is part of a 10-year partnership in which Discover Card is the preferred payment...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Autumn is in full swing, and the sound of crunching fills the air - from leaves underfoot and on the desks of IT managers around credit union land as they work the numbers of their 2002 budgets in preparation for approval by their bosses and their boards....
SAN ANTONIO - The tech-heads in credit unions may have no problem sifting through security assessment reports full of wild acronyms and tech jargon, but board members and non-tech management personnel can't make heads or tails of it. That's an issue CU security firm Digital Defense is out to fix....
WASHINGTON - In a Federal Open Market Meeting Nov. 6, the Fed cut another 50 basis points off the target for the federal funds rate to 2%. Not only is this number a 40-year low, but it also drops the rate below the rate of inflation. The Federal Reserve Board...