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KILLARNEY, Ireland - "God must love ordinary people, he made so many of them," Mary McAleese, president of Ireland told the assembled delegates at the World Council of Credit Unions' Conference after greeting the group in both Gaelic and English. McAleese quickly made the audience feel she, too, is an...

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...

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...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Pentagon Federal Credit Union's assets just seem to keep on growing. Founded in 1935, PFCU has recently reached the $4 billion milestone. Pentagon Federal CU serves more than 432,000 members worldwide.

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...

NEW YORK - Step off the-beaten path when looking for a location to build your next call center and you may be in a position to cultivate a well-qualified workforce pool. A Deloitte & Touche 2000 survey of new call centers confirms that when call centers enter a small market...

There is currently a major disagreement over whether or not bank holding companies should be permitted to engage in the real estate brokerage business as an extension of their incidental powers. Banks say yes, of course. They justify it by saying things such as: It is merely a logical extension...