PASCOAG, R.I. - Residents here are looking to Rhode Island State Employees Credit Union for some relief from their growing water crisis. Since unsafe levels of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) were found in the town's water supply on September 1, residents here have been unable to use...
TUKWILA, Wash. - It's been less than one year since Boeing Employees' Credit Union and information technology company DEXMA formed a CUSO - Prime Alliance Solutions - to offer credit unions an easy-to-use online lending solution that provides members with a commitment letter at the end of the application process....
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Credit union industry veteran Yvonne Evers has joined HRValue Group as the company's new CEO. Evers replaces Bashker Biswas who is no longer employed at the company. Evers has more than 17 years of human resources experience, the last 10 of which have been in the credit...
LATHAM, N.Y.- At press time, credit unions have so far raised more than $1 million for relief efforts related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. With $660,801 contributed to the New York Disaster Relief Fund and the National CU Foundation's CUs Rebuild America Fund balance at $353,078, help is still...
JANUARY JANUARY 8-24 CUNA & Affiliates Virtual Classroom, Security Institute. For info: [email protected]. JANUARY 16-19 CUNA & Affiliates Center for Professional Development Volunteer Leadership Institute, Sheraton Maui, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, For info: CPD, 800-356-9655, x 4249 or www.cuna.org. JANUARY 17-19 National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) Business Planning...
Mike Welch's October 17th publisher's column states that credit unions should consider selling their credit card portfolio. I disagree. While I will agree it is hard for credit unions to compete with the large credit card banks right now, I am not sure their pricing model is one we want...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit union presidents and trade association economists have been saying all along that the 0% financing deals being offered by auto finance companies are unsustainable. Now at least one auto manufacturer has said so as well. A recent USA Today article reported that Ford Motor...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Security Service FCU, San Antonio, Texas has become the largest CU to date to participate in Centrix Financial LLC's CentrixT Portfolio Management Program (PMP). With $2.2 billion in assets and a membership base of 440,000, SSFCU is the 12th largest credit union in the U.S. Financial institutions...
GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Open Solutions Inc. has been named one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in Connecticut by Deloitte & Touche. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth for the five-year period from 1996 to 2000. OSI, ranked ninth this year, saw revenue grow an astounding 1,884% in...
Meetings, meetings, and more meetings. Turn to pages 35-40 for the industry's most complete listing of 2002 credit union meetings and events. Will CU meetings decline next year because of recent events? It doesn't look that way. This year's Credit Union Times' association meetings listing includes over 250 separate entries....