BRONX, N.Y. - Some critics may call them strange bedfellows, but a check-cashing alliance between Bethex Federal Credit Union and RiteCheck Stores is the first of its kind in connecting those who don't have traditional financial services to checking and savings accounts. Bethex and RiteCheck, a Bronx-based check cashing store...
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union has extended provisions of the Soldier and Sailor Civil Relief Act for its members. Recognizing that relief provisions under SSCRA may not be sufficient for some members to meet their current loan obligations, eligible members will now be offered reduced...
ONTARIO, Calif. - It seems it pays to be a CO-OP Network shareholder these days. For the second time this year, CO-OP Network, the largest credit union EFT network, has issued a patronage distribution to shareholders. This latest disbursement of $1,130,400 brings the combined patronage distribution for the calendar year...
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Bankers Systems Inc. has introduced Artar Lending Documentation System for credit unions. Arta Lending for credit unions is a 32-bit Windowsr-based lending documentation solution designed specifically to help credit unions document loans faster and more efficiently, according to BSI. BSI said ARTA is an all-in-one solution...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - SEDONA Corp. has developed a timely program given recent current events. SEDONA technology is being used to assist financials in complying with the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). OFAC administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism-sponsoring organizations, and international...
CU Times Editor-in-Chief BATON ROUGE, La. - Jeff Gutierrez speaks from experience when he tells credit unions that the majority of car dealers, like any good businessman, want to make as much money as possible and will try every trick in the book to make a sale. "They have a...
NORWALK, Conn.-NCUA, CUNA, NAFCU, and NASCUS all provided information to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on the uniqueness of credit unions as cooperatives regarding mergers. The Office of Thrift Supervision, America's Community Bankers, and others represented other mutual organizations in telling FASB that the purchase method of accounting is...
WASHINGTON-The Brentwood Road Mail Processing Center, where two postal workers have died from inhalation anthrax in northeast Washington, D.C., houses the sole location of Washington Postal Federal Credit Union. The credit union, which provides financial services to 4,400 Brentwood facility employees, area mail carriers and their families, has been shut...
Gene Artemenko died October 15. He was one of the greatest among credit union managers. Many tributes will be paid to his memory. I would like to add mine. Gene was my teacher, mentor and friend. In managing my own credit union operation, many of the things I did that...
Matadors Federal Credit Union, Northridge, Calif., has donated several computers to the Topeka Avenue Elementary School here. According to Keith Lobert, Technology Coordinator for the school, very little money is available from the school district for these types of purchases. Matadors FCU contacted Lobert to find out how to best...