KILLARNEY, Ireland - "God must love ordinary people, he made so many of them," Mary McAleese, president of Ireland told the assembled delegates at the World Council of Credit Unions' Conference after greeting the group in both Gaelic and English. McAleese quickly made the audience feel she, too, is an...

OKLAHOMA CITY - WEOKIE Credit Union and Tulsa Federal Employees Credit Union have become the latest state-chartered credit unions in Oklahoma to be approved to convert to a community charter under the state's recently approved community charter rules. The State Credit Union Board at their June 5 meeting, unanimously approved...

DALLAS - Corporate credit unions are more than just getting their feet wet with technology - they're diving right in. At press time, the $5.6 billion Southwest Corporate FCU was the sole CU representation for NACHA's Project ACTION. NACHA launched Project ACTION (ACH Credit Transactions Initiated Online) back in May...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - It's still too soon to tell what longterm effect Washington State's new member business lending rule will have on state-chartered credit unions' MBL loan portfolios. After all, at press time the rule had only been in effect for five days. But that doesn't worry the state's credit...

NEW YORK - Step off the-beaten path when looking for a location to build your next call center and you may be in a position to cultivate a well-qualified workforce pool. A Deloitte & Touche 2000 survey of new call centers confirms that when call centers enter a small market...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - CU Realty an online real estate solution for credit union members, has announced that Banner Federal Credit Union, Phoenix, an affiliate of Banner Health America, has signed an agreement with the company to offer its members access to the CU Realty end-to-end online realty buying solution solution...

MADISON, Wis. - Construction is underway for Fitchburg, Wis.'s first credit union facility. CUNA Credit Union's 13,000 square-foot high-tech branch will open in July. The new credit union will include safe deposit boxes, small business services, a financial resource center for members; bilingual non-surcharging ATMs and an Internet caf with...

DESOTO, Texas - Dallas Telco Federal Credit Union and Texas Federal Credit Union are taking money management principals to heart-doubling the return for their members by halving the cost of doing business-with shared office facilities. Only a fine line, an imaginary one, separates the two credit union branches in this...