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 deal to create the nation's second-largest wireless network may lead to a revamp of a discount that reportedly drives 250,000 new Sprint customers annually.
February 18 -
Fort Worth City CU returned money to members who saved and borrowed from the credit union last year, though net income was down amid an increase in charge offs and delinquencies.
February 14 -
Gene Foley joined Harvard University Employees CU as a teller in 1979 and has been CEO since 1994.
February 14 -
A 2019 report from the Federal Trade Commission shows consumer losses to “romance scams” rose more than 300% between 2015 and 2018. Credit union leaders say the real numbers may be much worse.
February 14 -
Gulf Power Company Employees CU will merge into Tallahassee-based FSU Credit Union later this year, pending regulatory and member approval.
February 13 -
It could take a while to achieve those goals – more than half of credit union boards don’t have term limits for directors, the report showed.
February 12 -
Unsecured debt – either closed-end or revolving – could be a bright spot as other loan categories slow, but new entrants and other factors could create challenges in the year ahead.
February 12 -
The Rhode Island-based credit union also returned a patronage dividend to members for the 31st consecutive year.
February 11 -
Lauck, who joined the nonprofit in 2011, led the organization during an era that solidified it as the credit union movement’s philanthropic partner of choice.
February 11 -
The Indiana-based institution saw net income rise nearly more than 7% last year, along with other gains.
February 10 -
Some of the year-over-year drop in net income can be attributed to higher-than-normal figures in 2018 and costs associated with opening three new branches in 2019.
February 7 -
The credit union can now serve consumers in two additional counties.
February 7 -
Cybersecurity experts said the trade group's description of the event bears the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, which CUNA subsequently confirmed.
February 6 -
The African-American Credit Union Coalition will recognize three industry leaders, one posthumously, during an event in Washington later this month.
February 5 -
MyCUID, an identity-verification tool launched in early 2018, has a new identity of its own.
February 5 -
The Maine-based credit union also grew membership last year to the point where it now serves nearly 40,000 consumers.
February 5 -
The credit union service organization Member Driven Technologies has a laid-back work environment but works hard to translate its internal culture to employees who may be located hundreds of miles from headquarters.
February 4 -
The credit union service organization Member Driven Technologies has a laid-back environment but works hard to translate its internal culture to employees who may be hundreds of miles from headquarters.
February 4 -
Fewer than 30 CUs in the state would be eligible to make use of the rule, intended to help rural institutions and others attract a more qualified pool of directors and committee members.
February 4 -
Waltham Municipal Employees CU served fewer than 700 members with a total of $8.5 million in assets.
February 3
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