Associated Credit Union, Dear Park, Texas, has received the "Best of Texas Award" from the Texas Career & Technology Council of Texas. The award recognizes ACU's establishment of a credit union branch in the high school and introduction of the NEFE curriculum into the classroom. Each year ACU hired a...
INDIANAPOLIS - Credit union data processor re:Member Data (www.remember.com) here is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the unveiling of a new company logo. The processor has also just released new software features for its ASP and in-house cuStar software. According to re:Member Data, the new logo shown here better represents...
ARLINGTON, FARMERS BRANCH, VICTORIA, Texas - Credit unions without formal technology plans probably don't have much longer to drag their heels. NCUA has intensified its scrutiny of policies and security measures, and not having a technology plan may negatively affect a credit union's rating. But some credit unions may be...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Consumer privacy legislation, one of the most heavily lobbied bills this year in California Legislature, has been killed for this session. By a vote of 32-26 with 22 Assembly members not voting, SB 773 was killed in the waning hours of the legislative session late on Sept....
WASHINGTON - If experience is the best teacher, then Chuck Zuver has a doctorate degree in "political animal" philosophy needed to navigate the ins and outs of credit union concerns in the capitol city. Zuver, who currently works as a consultant on legislative and regulatory issues primarily for the National...
ARLINGTON, Va. - Credit unions in the Midwest are interpreting a broad range of legislative and regulatory issues as they look ahead to legislative sessions that will get underway in the weeks and months ahead. In particular, state chartered credit unions are examining how they can keep pace with the...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit unions serving the aerospace industry plan to do what they can to assist what could be hundreds of thousands of laid-off aerospace workers. The airline industry has been the industry most decimated by the terrorist attacks, losing billions of dollars since the tragedy. This...
MADISON, Wis. - Credit unions reached out to their select employee groups during the push for passage of H.R. 1151, and now they're implementing a plan to strengthen their SEG relationships as a way to increase membership. A nine-member Small Business Task Force, including two league CEOs, has been appointed...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Defining just what is a "smart building" can be elusive, but Tom Lombardo can offer this take on it: "I was told by a developer that a smart building is one that is fully leased," the vice president of sales for St. Louis-based HBE Financial Facilities says...
MADISON, Wis. - In a little over a month's time, one CUNA executive has logged thousands of miles crisscrossing the globe from Germany, down to Bermuda, then to Ireland, as the unofficial ambassador for credit unions. But it's only one part of his job as CUNA's executive vice president and...