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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It seems simple. If a credit union wants members to qualify for loans, they need to be able to pay the funds back. But members can't qualify if they're unemployed.
June 10 -
Maps CU launched a "Buy Local" initiative and has experienced an uptick in membership and interchange revenue as a result.
June 10 -
John Tippets knows something about growth. So it was no big surprise that the man who led the turnaround as CEO of North Island CU had the crowd's attention at Credit Union Journal's Grow Show.
June 10 -
USAlliance FCU has grown loans with increased cross- sales since launching the Micronotes Cross-Sell solution, which one person is calling "a Swiss Army knife" for gathering member data.
June 10 -
In the wake of the string of recent, devastating tornadoes in this region, Communication FCU reported it is seeing a surge of member interest in its storm shelter loan program.
June 10 -
The second half of 2013 will see increased disruption in the payments landscape, but also evolving opportunities for CUs to better serve members even as branch networks shrink.
June 3 -
With membership continuing to increase and the low-rate environment continuing into the foreseeable future, one person says CUs should focus on payments strategies in the second half of 2013.
June 3 -
After three weeks at iQ Credit Union here, Walter Melendez has plenty of ideas for how to improve CUs in his native Costa Rica.
June 3 -
Randall Chavarria had never heard of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and didn't know where it was. But after three weeks working at Alabama CU here, he won't soon forget it.
June 3 -
What has struck Cristina Mora most about American credit unions is the internal culture, including job training and instilling the CU philosophy.
June 3 -
One credit union realized it may be time to change the name when consumers would stop into its branches and attempt to pay their cable bills.
June 3 -
Meritrust CU plans to build a vault-style safe room in its newest branch in Manhattan, Kan,. to protect against tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla.
June 3 -
With CUs here facing clean-up and recovery after tornadoes devastated the region, a pair of CU veterans offered up lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.
June 3 -
Arizona FCU received a lot of attention recently when it introduced a $3 monthly membership fee recently, but one person believes more credit unions will follow.
May 27 -
A recent advisory by the California Department of Financial Institutions-prohibiting CUs in the state from using phrases like "anyone can join" in their advertising-has come as a surprise to many people, including the state league.
May 27 -
Barely three years after being chartered, Chippewa Eagle FCU is set to close its doors in a merger that two people say is the result of a dispute with the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council.
May 27 -
CommunityAmerica CU here has expanded its partnership with the Special Needs Planning Center, bringing the non-profit in-house to better serve families of special needs children in the Kansas City region.
May 27 -
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-The powerful tornadoes in this state last week damaged or destroyed numerous credit union branches, and left employees in many facilities seeking safety and shelter inside vaults.
May 27 -
The new CEO at 3Rivers FCU is aiming to maintain his credit union's successes of the last decade-but he'll have to do so with increased competition and a smaller branch footprint.
April 29 -
Coming off of Delta Community CU's best year ever-including $42 million in earnings and 13% loan growth-new CEO Hank Halter has his sights set on a new target: the Gen Y and Millennial market.
April 29