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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The company's latest report predicted there could be sustained economic pressures well into next year tied to rising coronavirus cases.
November 20 -
The league has altered its formula for calculating member dues, a move expected to save credit unions nearly $800,000 next year.
November 19 -
Richard Yeager's promotion comes at a time of growth for the New York-based institution, including having recently been granted a field-of-membership expansion.
November 19 -
The latest report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index reported lower scores for both industries, with credit unions recording their lowest ranking since 2011.
November 18 -
Cameron Minges will become president of the Indianapolis-based credit union effective Jan. 1.
November 18 -
The name change, which will take effect Jan. 1, comes following the merger of CP Financial and Washtenaw Federal Credit Union.
November 18 -
Dale Owen began his career at the Bettendorf, Iowa-based institution in 1999 and took over as chief executive in 2013.
November 17 -
Carla Rasetta is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the Massachusetts-based institution.
November 17 -
Markland, the former CEO of Affinity Plus FCU in Minnesota, takes the helm 17 months after the New York-based institution entered conservatorship.
November 16 -
New analysis from SentiLink showed that the industry may be more vulnerable to some fraud threats than it realizes.
November 16 -
The Iowa Republican followed one term in the Senate with six years as chairman of the credit union regulator.
November 16 -
Credit unions will have their first opportunity to hear from the federal regulator about its recently released budget proposal and also get an update on the agency's diversity self-assessment.
November 16 -
The pandemic has altered a variety of consumer behaviors, and that could make a difference in what sort of interchange and interest revenue financial institutions see in their credit and debit portfolios as they close out 2020.
November 16 -
Savings to the credit union regulator's operating budget are largely the result of surplus funds from 2020 and expected reductions in travel into next year.
November 13 -
Members of $5.3 million-asset WJC Federal Credit Union will vote to merge into $3.2 billion-asset Truliant FCU, based in North Carolina.
November 13 -
Kathie Kasper spent 24 years at the Livermore, Calif.-based institution, having started as a teller in 1976 and ultimately rising to the level of chief executive.
November 13 -
The deal, intended to bolster CUNA Mutual's digital capabilities, is the company's second such move in a month.
November 12 -
Bill Bynum, president and CEO of Hope Federal Credit Union, and Gail Laster, former director of the National Credit Union Administration's consumer protection division, are working with the incoming administration.
November 11 -
The chairman of the National Credit Union Administration said during his limited time in a Senate Banking Committee hearing that he hoped changes to the agency's Central Liquidity Facility would last for the duration of the pandemic.
November 10 -
The deal, PenFed's second merger announcement with a significantly smaller credit union, would expand its footprint into the Midwest.
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