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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Submissions for CU Journal's popular annual photo essay are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 4, 2018.
October 3 -
National Credit Union Administration Chairman Mark McWatters called on lawmakers to further expand field-of-membership options for CUs and to permit the regulator to oversee third-party vendors, including fintech partners.
October 2 -
The beloved annual feature is back on Sept. 20 to highlight the magical and the mundane moments credit unions experience every day.
September 20 -
Highlights and insights from the Cornerstone Credit Union League's annual leadership conference in San Antonio.
September 13 -
A recent editing snafu illustrates an important lesson for credit unions using AI and machine learning.
August 27 -
A founding member of the African-American Credit Union Coalition and winner of that group's 2018 Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement award, Montgomery reflects on her credit union journey and her hopes for the future.
August 23 -
CUNA Mutual Group Economist Steve Rick is predicting a "mild, moderate recession" in the next few years. Here's how credit unions could be impacted in the run-up to that.
August 16 -
The new name comes after a public competition to help the $8.8 million-asset credit union rebrand itself.
August 3 -
About $736 million is being spread among more than 5,000 credit unions following NCUA's merger of the share insurance and corporate stabilization funds. Credit Union Journal queried a number of CUs on how they plan to spend that windfall.
August 2 -
It’s anyone’s guess when the National Credit Union Administration’s controversial risk-based capital rule will take effect.
July 30 -
Want more involvement from young professionals? Just add beer.
July 27 -
The payment is likely to bring an end to the saga of the failed corporate credit unions, which began nearly a decade ago.
July 17 -
The suit against Alliant Credit Union comes just weeks after trade associations said firms were using social media ads to target plaintiffs for a potential class-action case.
July 13 -
Barb Brown will retire on Jan. 1, 2019, with new CEO Doug Wolf set to take the helm this fall.
July 12 -
The alliance aims to improve marketing and technology offerings for credit unions and their members.
July 10 -
Credit unions have seen massive gains in auto lending in recent years, but one analyst fears CUs may be too focused on that and losing share of wallet elsewhere as a result.
July 6 -
Credit unions in the Cornhusker State held the top two spots in a survey from Forbes and Statista, a marketing research firm.
July 6 -
The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions is supporting Northwest FCU in an appeal of an ADA suit thrown out earlier this year.
July 5 -
More than three decades after American flags stopped being placed at headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, one Twin Cities-area credit union brought the flags back – for more than 200,000 gravesites.
July 5 -
PFCU and SageLink Credit Union have combined to create an institution with more than $533 million in assets.
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