Aaron Passman

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Rivermark Community CU here cut rates on its credit card offerings by an average of 3.2 percentage points as part of a larger move to consolidate its cards program.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — New rules from Twitter have thrown a wrench in the social media works for some credit unions that want to use promoted posts to break through the clutter and highlight their offerings on the popular social networking site.

New Rules Keeps CUs From Promoting

ARLINGTON, Va. — That's the response from David Carrier, chief economist and director of research at NAFCU, following NCUA's release of third quarter data.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — While overall loan growth increased by 6.8% in the year ending in the third quarter of 2013, NCUA is reporting that Idaho and Rhode Island blew past that, with loan growth of 15.2% and 12.6%, respectively.

MADISON, Wis. — CUNA today has released a new survey aiming to get a better understanding from credit unions of what does and does not work about the exam process.

LANCASTER, S.C. — Founders FCU here has awarded a $5.7-million Loyalty Dividend to its members and has created a Loyalty Dividend Calculator so members can see how adding new products and services would impact the size of the dividends they receive.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA issued three prohibition orders for November, banning the following individuals from participating in any federally insured financial institution:

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Summit Credit Union announced it has absorbed United Chemi-Con Manufacturing Employees CU as part of its credit union affiliate program.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Rumors of the death of paper checks have, once again, been greatly exaggerated.

FERNDALE, Mich. — Credit Union ONE has improved its employees understanding of complex regulatory issues and boosted fundraising contributions for credit union issues since launching an advocacy page on the CU's intranet site.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Rivermark Community Credit Union has lowered interest rates for more than 9,700 credit card holders as part of a credit card consolidation initiative.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Just in time for holiday shopping, ElecTel Cooperative credit union rolled out another of the quirky loan promotions that have been such a success for the $40 million institution in recent years.

AUSTIN, Texas—A movement with ties to credit unions is seeking to take some of the "shop local" mojo away from American Express-branded Small Business Saturday and place it more firmly in the hands of local businesses and financial institutions.

MIRAMAR, Fla.—Tropical Financial CU here has brought back a "Black Friday" promotion it debuted last year and has seen great success in the promo's opening days.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Mid-Hudson Valley FCU used a sub-brand as a way to help its MSRs transition from "order takers" to a more dynamic, sales-oriented team.

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — Allegacy FCU has streamlined its member feedback process and launched its "Mapping the Member Experience" program in 2011, reviewing each delivery channel and identifying where processes could be improved.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The word "collaboration" has long been a buzzword at credit unions, and one CUSO continues to see strong success by encouraging a unique mix of collaboration and competition that has helped CUs with another buzzword: innovation.

TAMPA — GTE Financial used technology to fuel its turnaround, centering those efforts around remote deposit capture and P2P payments.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA Friday, along with the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions, liquidated Polish Combatants CU in Bedford, Ohio, the 13th CU liquidation of 2013.