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...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON-In the aftermath of Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords' party jump from Republican to Independent, the Senate has been concentrating on reorganizing itself to reflect the new Democratic control. In this effort Senator Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has become the Senate Majority Leader, replacing Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who is now the...
In her opinion article in the April 18 issue of Credit Union Times, Ann Brinkerhoff suggested that CUNA's small credit union broadcast left her with lots of unanswered questions. Ann is right! Correlating a wide range of characteristics with the degree of a credit union's success is a challenge. However,...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Dave Serlo's path to the corner office at PSCU started with NCUA. Serlo joined NCUA in 1970 as an examiner in the Pittsburgh office. He then moved to a Harrisburg, Pa. office and eventually to NCUA's headquarters. He did everything from controller, to helping manage the...
* Established in 1977 by GTE FCU, Suncoast Schools FCU, Pinellas County Teachers CU, Publix Employees FCU, Railroad and Industrial FCU; * PSCU officially becomes a cooperative, owned by its member CUs in 1994; * Employs 750 people; * 510 member CUs; * 6.2 million cardholders; * Formed ePSCU, an...
KILLARNEY, Ireland - John Hume didn't speak about his role in bringing peace to Ireland, an effort that ultimately earned him the Nobel Prize. Nor did he mention the civil war that cost 3,500 Irish citizens their lives. Instead, he leaned on the podium and talked about starting one of...