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For Northwest Resources FCU, Portland, Ore., with its loyal member base and high assets-to- member ratio, an IRA promotion seemed a simple way to build long-term secure deposit accounts-but it [...]

The first few months of bonding between a new CEO and the board is often called the 'honeymoon' but for Thomas Ott and The California Credit Union it's more like [...]

In what one credit union league president called an 'unnatural act,' Wachovia Corp., the nation's fourth largest bank, said it will help an African-American farmers group start a national credit [...]

A credit union here has been recognized for its HR policies after developing 15 incentive plans tailored to every job category. Nevada FCU was the Overall Winner for not-for-profit employers [...]

Member business lending and loan participation offer huge potential for most credit unions regardless of size, according to one credit union with 10 years experience in the market. The $260-million [...]

When two credit unions here offered the same promotion-a free $50 gas card for new auto loans-the differing results illustrated the importance of knowing what members want from their credit [...]

Entrance Control Systems are proving to be a safe and reasonable solution to preventing credit union robberies here in Ventura County, but there is a 'hassle factor,' according to credit [...]

Credit unions continue to make inroads in the mortgage lending arena with the help of loan warriors like Air Academy FCU's Debi Bazzo, the first credit union employee awarded Rookie [...]

Security doors and other physical barriers are only one part of the big picture when it comes to handling the risk of robbery, stressed Vince Wagner, risk management specialist at [...]

As robberies-and the violence with which they are carried out-continue to rise, one credit union here in what is ironically the nation's safest city is proving to be a leader [...]

Board chairmen may change, but they often share two common traits: the desire to pursue their pet ideas and personal agendas, and in turn to leave a stamp or legacy [...]

The issue is one of perception, according to one credit union here that is fighting back for market share in the wake of the 0% APRs dangled by the auto [...]

A joint venture between Wescom Credit Union and Integrated Data Systems says it has developed technology-based member services exclusively for credit unions. Called Wescom IDS, it is entering the credit [...]

Overwhelmed with transaction volume due in part to state restrictions on branching, America First CU's grocery store location has managed to double its teller stations in the same amount of [...]

It was a doughnut run to end all others when Krispy Kreme cranked up its fry vats to cook 670 dozen-more than 80,000 individual glazed donuts-just for members of Vandenberg [...]

Burglars using a stolen backhoe wrecked a Food Industries Credit Union branch here when they carved a 26-foot hole out of a back wall and yanked a 4-foot vault out [...]

Credit union sponsorship of baseball stadiums may not be a trend yet, but the Golden State now boasts two minor-league parks carrying credit union names. Arrowhead CU, at $590 million [...]

Labeled 'homophobic' by one member of this city's City Council for turning away a member's lesbian partner, F&A FCU is discovering the importance of domestic partnership rights as the city [...]

Credit unions in Utah are at the center of yet another battle with banks as they launch a humorous media campaign against member service restriction in the state. But the [...]

Politics is like poker here as the Credit Union Association of Oregon holds its cards-and its PAC money-close to the chest after the state's Supreme Court upheld a decision to [...]

A credit card scam targeting members of Gateway Credit Union here was foiled by the credit union, but a local bank customer wasn't so lucky when a $219 'fee' for [...]

With one branch and 17,000 members, Kern FCU here has made a decision to invest in technology rather than branches in order to provide additional service to members. 'We are [...]

A noted bank consultant and expert on deposit insurance has outlined for state-chartered credit unions five options for share insurance reform, none of which will be easy. At the behest [...]

A liquidation service that linked credit unions and their repossessed cars to retail customers is closed and facing a class action-type lawsuit after a story by The Credit Union Journal [...]

A proposal to streamline field-of-membership applications has state-chartered credit unions here anticipating a reduction in regulatory burdens and unwieldy paperwork. The next step is a public hearing on the proposal [...]

It's a sign of the times that Patelco Credit Union is using member safety to introduce its enhanced electronic financial services program. After the collective shock to America from the [...]

Credit unions are for-profit businesses undeserving of their tax-exempt status, they are rapidly losing the one thing that makes them unique-the cooperative ethic-and conversions to bank and thrift charters will [...]

Credit unions can take a bow for leading the way in improving service and lowering prices for international remittances after banking giant Wells Fargo announced it is slashing its fees [...]

It took the double whammy of increasing charge-offs and stiff competition from a neighboring credit union to inspire SELCO CUs 2002 resolution: to become the premier lending institution in its [...]

1st City Savings FCU has resolved to be more efficient in 2002, as it also rolls out a new product aimed at boosting its loan-to-share ratio. That strategy is the [...]

Eighteen-plus loan officers for a $300-million credit union may seem like a lot to many, but one CU here says it's just right as it bids to maximize lending relationships. [...]

Credit unions are entering a critical time for managing mortgage portfolios, according to Fannie Mae representatives, who made an unabashed sales pitch for credit union business at the NASCUS Annual [...]

George Bailey, executive secretary of the Bailey Brothers Building & Loan Association, is facing bankruptcy, scandal and prison for the unexplained Christmas Eve loss of the association's deposits. According to [...]

As the government cracks down on money transfer organizations suspected of aiding terrorists, some credit unions are seeking to fill the gap left by the closures, while others are backing [...]

Technology is changing the way credit unions do business. How many times has that been heard at conferences and conventions? And how many times have you wondered exactly what it [...]

Credit unions are wearing blinders when it comes to identity theft, warned an NCUA official during an audio conference on the growing threat of identity fraud on credit unions. Citing [...]

Nothing is more important right now-or more difficult-than figuring out how much to pay senior executives, according to many of the credit union volunteers attending the CUES Directors conference here [...]

As Hawaii's tourism industry suffers from a major decline in visitors to the islands since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the threat of growing unemployment has prompted credit unions to [...]

Credit unions should not shy away from efforts to boost earnings and target more profitable members just because of their not-for-profit tradition, lenders attending the CUNA Lending Council Conference here [...]

Credit unions that don't have risk-based loan pricing in place need to change that policy-if they want to keep their best members, and not just to help their less creditworthy [...]

In a rapid critique of CU lending performance, one expert here cited simplicity and speed as the critical additions to management and relationship goals for all. Randy Harrington of Extreme [...]

The absence of credit union board members serving on the boards of most state and national trade groups is going to come back to hurt credit unions, according to a [...]

The California Credit Union League is going paperless next year and, ready or not, credit unions will be going online for information usually contained in the hefty packs mailed by [...]

How should a credit union NOT be run? Two people here had some advice. And how does that same poorly functioning credit union turn itself around? The same two people [...]

Credit unions have a proven track record of aiding financially stressed members, but often there is little they can do for those pressured into bankruptcy by inflexible commercial lenders. As [...]

Although the number of credit unions involved in mergers during 2001 is approaching 200, that doesn't mean 200 cases of smooth courtships and marriages. Those that have been through the [...]