CU Times Texas Correspondent AUSTIN, Texas - Texas credit unions raised more than $1 million for the Children's Miracle Network in the 2001 Credit Unions for Kids fundraising campaign. As the largest credit union contributor to Children's Miracle Network, Texas has contributed a total of $5.75 million over the last...

BALTIMORE, Md. - Two identical bills - House Bill 728 and Senate Bill 776 - were introduced in the state House and Senate on February 6 that empower the state commission of financial regulation to approve American Share Insurance (ASI) to provide private insurance to Maryland's state-chartered credit unions. ASI...

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - It wouldn't appear that Tom Neill, president/COO of the Fiserv Credit Union and Industry Products Group, has a very easy job keeping six separate, but Fiserv-owned credit union data processing businesses in both competitive and cooperative spirits. That's just how those units are supposed to co-exist, and...

Oklahoma Credit Union League, has announced that former staffer Kelly Harker has accepted an operations position with Dowell Federal Credit Union. Louisiana Credit Union League, Harahan, has named Catherine Mayeaux member services consultant. In addition LCUL Director of Training/Development Kate McPike has been named President-Elect of the New Orleans Chapter...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Nearly 70% of members consider Alabama Credit Union their primary financial institution. A recent member survey conducted by independent research firm Strategic Metrics Inc., also found that members gave the $135 million credit union an overall satisfaction rating of 6.05 on a scale of 7.0. With an...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Fast Company readers have named Pentagon Federal Credit Union President/CEO Frank Pollack as one of the magazine's "Fast 50 Champions of Innovation." Ranked third, Pollack was recognized for "rallying his troops around a balanced scorecard that puts member satisfaction first, employee satisfaction second, and financial performance third."...

SACRAMENTO - In a move to woo novice investors, SAFE Credit Union's CUSO, SAFE Services Inc. has aligned with ShareBuilder Securities Corp. to offer members its Internet stock purchasing service. The partnership has been a year in the making after studying member activity to research what would be one of...

CU Times: What is U.S. Central's primary role in serving corporate CUs? U. S. Central was designed to help corporates realize the economic benefits of pooling their financial and managerial resources. Through economies of scale, the corporate network provides credit unions with top-quality investment, liquidity, loan and payment products. By...