LANSING, Mich. - How many people wind up working in professions they earned degrees in? For the first few years after he graduated Wayne State University Law School with a law degree, Gary Mielock worked as a trust officer at Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. For the last 26 years,...

TAMPA, Fla. - At a time when credit unions were slow to or outright excluded from offering share drafts and credit cards, one trailblazer forged ahead when he learned the credit union he would soon lead was "shamelessly" behind the times. Ask anyone who knows George Hobar, 76, the former...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's inevitable that CU processors will eventually begin moving away from the old mini-computer systems and to a Windows-server approach, says Darryl Tanner, President/CEO of CU core processor Share One here. "We've done it. We're moving from our VMS on DEC equipment to 2000 servers," said Tanner....

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ron Daly has a lot of confidence in the future of electronic statements. Enough that he gave up his executive-level job to create a company specializing in the new service, which has gotten a boost in the year or so since federal regulators decided to allow credit...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It may be a question of perception, but there's diverse opinion lately about the progress of CUNA's marketing campaign for national branding. On one hand, Peter Crear, CUNA's executive vice president and chief operating officer, told New Mexico credit union executives he's disappointed with the number of...

Think of it as a variation on the childhood "Rock, Paper, Scissors" game. Except in this game, not only are the stakes higher, but there is one clear victor that will defeat the other two participants: job cuts will override both rate cuts by the Fed and tax cuts to...

SEATTLE - NCUA's CAMEL system has been the most significant standard for rating credit union performance, but it's not the only system in CU town. An alternative "high performance" assessment model developed by Ward-Smith & Company measures a CU's operational effectiveness using an "accounts-per-member" formula. Based on data drawn from...

US Federal Credit Union, Bloomington, Minn., has raised $4,817.50 for the Children's Miracle Network in a three-month sale of Happenings Books, an Entertainment Fund-Raising coupon book. A $10.25 profit on each book went directly to the Credit Unions for Kids, which benefits the Children's Miracle Network and the Gillette Children's...