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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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.
July 3 -
In a one-on-one interview with Credit Union Journal, CUNA CEO Jim Nussle explained the thinking behind the trade group’s upcoming national branding campaign – and how they'll pay for it.
June 29 -
A look at the highlights of CUNA's 2018 ACUC in Boston.
June 29 -
Credit unions and industry organizations across the state have banded together to aid consumers impacted by devastating flooding in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
June 25 -
As House members wrote to AG Sessions, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Union also filed an amicus brief supporting Department of Labor FCU, which saw an ADA-related suit dismissed earlier this year.
June 20 -
The retired CEO of 1st Choice Credit Union and CU of Atlanta has been named the 2018 recipient of the Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award from the African-American Credit Union Coalition.
June 19 -
Rodney Hood served on the NCUA board from 2005 to 2009, and his nomination to return to the board was greeted warmly across the industry.
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As if ADA suits weren't enough, a California-based law firm is using social media advertising to search for credit union members who have been charged overdraft fees, in the hopes of filing a potential class-action suit.
June 18 -
A new report sees credit unions making significant gains in overdraft income as banks and thrifts shift their focus away from single-service customers who only want checking accounts.
June 13 -
Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union is the first CU in Connecticut to offer in-branch DMV services — a move that could drive new growth at the credit union.
June 11 -
Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney held a roundtable with credit union leaders from the plains states, including discussions of how the bureau would seek input form CUs now that its advisory boards have been shuttered.
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