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HALES CORNER, Wis. - Anyone who follows the corporate CU network knows that it has become much more competitive in recent years. Marc Schroeder, president/CEO of Wisconsin Corporate Central CU, believes since the events of Sept. 11 the competitive fires among corporates may have dimmed just a touch. "It seems...

FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. - Teachers Federal Credit Union is becoming a part of the arts scene here. The $1 billion-plus credit union is now a major sponsor of the Staller Center for the Arts at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. With its five theaters and art gallery,...

WASHINGTON - According to Callahan & Associates data, credit union membership has grown three times faster in the last decade than the U.S. population as a whole. During this period the U.S. population increased by 13%, while CU membership was up by 45%. Credit union membership penetration of the population...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Just one month after the terrorist attacks, Service Credit Union has donated $200,000 to the New England Credit Union Disaster Relief Fund to help the victims. "The credit union joins our fellow Americans in sorrow for those who have lost their lives and for all their family...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A low rate environment, a shaky economy, and plenty of liquidity. Investing in this climate isn't easy, and corporate CUs are seeing many of their member CUs sitting on the sidelines. "They're dragging their feet a bit. Half our balances are still sitting in overnight...

It's more than a good read. It's a veritable potboiler, an eye-popping, can't put it down, page turning expose. And, at least until some NCUA insider is willing to blow the whistle on the sleight of hand, it will have to serve as the Pentagon Papers of the credit union...

WASHINGTON - In a letter to the editor in Oct. 15's USA Today CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica cautions consumers to be aware of hidden costs in the low-rate auto financing deals being touted by finance companies. Mica said that low-rate dealer loans can have bigger pre-payment penalties, and can require...

LUTHERVILLE, Md. -Auto manufacturers' aggressive financing rates and rebates may be appealing to consumers, but they have credit unions up in arms over allegations of anti-competitive dealer practices. What has credit unions stirred up is their charge that dealers' zero percent financing offers are misrepresenting to consumers the hidden costs...