Aaron Passman is editor of Credit Union Journal, the nation’s leading credit union news resource. He was appointed editor in 2018 after two years as an assistant editor at CUJ and nearly five years as a reporter there. He has worked as a staff writer or freelancer for a variety of publications across the country and is a graduate of the University of Kansas.
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FITCHBURG, Wis. Summit CU remodeled its branch here in early 2013 as part of a move to "inspire" members to dream more, and the project appears to have paid off.
May 16 - Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. The NCUA remains committed to workforce diversity as a key to success for the organization, despite the agency failing to meet 60% of its own workplace target goals last year.
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MIAMI Many credit unions looking for more ways to boost the bottom line in this low-interest-rate environment are running out of options.
May 16 -
DETROIT Though NCUA has not focused much attention on cybersecurity at small credit unions, these institutions are no longer off the radar for criminals and hackers who are now homing in with distributed denial of service otherwise known as DDoS attacks.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. The NCUA remains committed to workforce diversity as a key to success for the organization, despite the agency failing to meet 60% of its own workplace target goals last year.
May 14 -
ALEXANDRIA, Va. NCUA did not meet over half of its employment diversity goals for 2013, hitting only 40% of its target achievements in this category, according to the agency's annual report, released Monday.
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SOMERVILLE, Mass. CPCU Credit Union here plans to rebrand itself as Naveo CU, effective sometime this fall.
May 9 -
PITTSBURGH Hill District FCU is using gift cards and a local public health study to better ingratiate itself into the local community.
May 9 -
HOUSTON Teaching financial literacy to kids? There's an app for that and it's one of the three finalists for this year's CO-OP THINK Prize.
May 9 - California
BURBANK, Calif. A year after winning the CO-OP THINK Prize, Robert Baron is looking on the bright side.
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NORTH HAVEN, Conn. A concept intended to serve as "a sustainably innovative solution" to the ever-expanding mobile banking landscape has been selected as one of this year's three finalists for the CO-OP THINK Prize.
May 9 -
CHICAGO A customizable website to help credit unions promote financial education made the final three at this year's CO-OP THINK Prize.
May 9 -
BALTIMORE More than a quarter of a million videos turn up on YouTube when users search for the words "credit union."
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It's about to get a lot harder for credit unions to reach their members on Facebook.
May 2 -
SAN DIEGO Credit unions have vastly expanded their online footprint in recent years by establishing a social media presence, but the social media landscape for CUSOs is less clear.
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LONGVIEW, Wash. Cowlitz CU here has announced that it will merge with Red Canoe CU.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. The rise of social media has given credit unions a new way to hire employees at all levels, using sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to publicize job openings as well as screen potential candidates.
April 23 - Alabama
DALEVILLE, Ala. Army Aviation Center FCU announced Monday that Robert (Bobby) Michael has been named the $1.1 billion credit union's new president and chief executive officer.
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ARLINGTON, Va. NAFCU's decision to lobby President Obama to consider a credit union representative for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors appears to be the first time the trade group has lobbied the White House on a Fed appointment.
April 17 - Virginia
ARLINGTON, Va. The National Association of Federal Credit Unions is lobbying President Obama to consider a credit union representative for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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