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WASHINGTON-CUNA is polishing up the efforts of its Partnership Committee for battle on three major credit union fronts. Upon renaming the CUNA System Planning Committee as the Partnership Committee, the group and its member organizations have targeted three major initiatives for the coming months: to help credit unions build political...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PFCU) has become the newest sponsor of the Military Times Media Group which consists of the Web sites Army Times.com, Navy Times.com, Air Force Times.com and Marine Corps Times.com. The third largest credit union in the nation with $4 billion in assets and...

Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union, Gaithersburg, Md., has named Harpreet Broca Germantown branch manager and Ronald Blanks Rockville branch manager. Chartway Federal Credit Union, Virginia Beach, Va., has named Glenn Thomas director of information technology. Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union, Newburgh, N.Y., has named Shannon Harkins information technology specialist. Capital Communications...

In recent weeks there have been a number of news stories and related developments involving credit unions that deserve comment. Here is a brief look at just a few of them: * The CO-OP Network, under the capable leadership of its CEO Bob Rose, continues to make impressive headlines on...

GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Core processor Open Solutions Inc. has acquired Connecticut-based Sound Software, a provider of lending management solutions for community financials. Open Solutions will acquire Sound Software for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock. Sound Software will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Open Solutions and operate as a...

BRISBANE, Calif. and BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - O'Rourke, Sacher & Moulton (OSM), the leading credit union auditing and consulting firm in the U.S. has merged with RSM McGladrey, a leading accounting, tax and consulting firm for mid-size companies in the U.S. The merger, effective August 1, combines O'Rourke's 550 credit union...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Credit unions need to pay attention to the fraud challenges faced by competitors. That was the overriding theme of this year's National Conference on Credit Union Fraud and Loss Prevention sponsored by Madison, Wisconsin-based Loescher & Associates, which specializes in credit union fraud and loss prevention. Today's...

Federal credit unions continue to be attracted by the FOM flexibility of a community charter. The following is the latest NCUA report on community charter expansions. As the chart shows, some FOM expansions are simply the addition of new counties, while others can have complicated guidelines.