WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Corporate credit unions throughout the country - large and small - are reporting that their credit union members are now starting to move money out of overnight accounts and into longer-term corporate investments. With the inverted yield curve present for most of 2001, short-term rates...

HELENA, Mont. - Herbert Walberg didn't plan on working in the credit union industry, but he wound up spending almost 30 years of his professional career in service to Montana credit unions. He also didn't expect to be involved in any professional credit union activities on a national level, but...

KILLARNEY, Ireland - Newly elected World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) Chairmen Gerry Foley, sat down with Credit Union Times in the Great Southern Hotel to discuss his credit union involvement past, present and future. Speaking with a thick brogue, Foley is known for his easy smile, warm touch, ability...

Workers' Credit Union, Fitchburg, Mass., President/CEO Frederick D. Healey has been honored with the Boulder Award for his outstanding contributions to civic life through the use of public communications. The Boulder Award, named after Fichburg's distinctive Rollstone Boulder on the Upper Common, signifies the rock-solid achievement of its recipients. WCU...

WASHINGTON-As NCUA, CUNA, and NAFCU lawyers settle down for bedtime reading with the American Bankers Association (ABA) appeals brief for their field of membership case, they are not discovering anything new. According to CUNA General Counsel Eric Richard, most of the issues are just a "re-hash of those already considered...

ST. PETERSBURG - There's a true rags to riches credit union success story playing out in St. Petersburg, Fla., the home of Payment Systems for Credit Unions. Formed back in 1977 by the CEOs of five credit unions - GTE FCU, Suncoast Schools FCU, Pinellas County Teachers CU, Publix Employees...

My vision for Credit Union Times when it was launched 11 years ago was to cover the news of the credit union industry so well that busy subscribers wouldn't have to read a multitude of other credit union publications. That vision has materialized. Credit Union Times, especially in the last...

Most everyone has some sort of list of pet peeves. Here are some of mine, gathered from many years of observing the credit union scene: * Credit union leaders who refer to credit union presidents/CEOs as "managers." It was a long hard fight to shed that outdated title. This is...