Marian Raab

It's not easy making an annual report interesting as well as digestible to members, but First Tech Federal Credit Union may have found a way.

In an effort to find a faster, easier and more secure way to authenticate members in branches, Gesa Credit Union installed some new technology in its three busiest ones late last year.

A new take on project management has led to a 40% reduction in meeting hours and labor costs associated with major projects.

Sun Community FCU created a cost-savings plan in-house, using a portion of the savings to fund bonuses for team members who generated the ideas behind the expense reduction measures taken.

Vibrant CU synchronized its conversion to a new core processing solution with a rebranding effort to shore up a CU that had been losing members, loans and deposits.

Eliminating one-off spreadsheets has helped Westerra CU greatly improve its financial reporting, reducing the time to produce the reports and generating more in-depth analysis.

Credit union trade groups want U.S. Senate leaders to oppose an amendment to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) that would give NCUA the authority to regulate and examine third-party vendors to CUs.

Henry Wirz, longtime chief executive of SAFE CU will retire at the end of the first quarter next year and — as expected — President Dave Roughton will assume the top spot.

Decrease results from reduction in operating fund by $2.9 million to $276.5 million, but the board also increased capital budget by $1.6 million.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo Metro FCU announced that Dan Zimolzak is the new president/CEO of the $40 million institution.

LAKE MARY, Fla. — Two education-focused credit unions in central Florida merged Thursday.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA announced Wednesday it has approved the first new federally charted credit union of 2015.

MILWAUKEE — A 24-year-old woman was sentenced last week to three years in prison for taking part in robbing a credit union where she worked.

AUBURN HILLS Mich. — Genisys CU and Tri-Pointe Community CU announced Wednesday they intend to merge and then operate under the Genisys name.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The next deadline for CUs interested in applying for free consulting help from the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives (OSCUI) is Nov. 30, the NCUA announced Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS — A man wearing a ski mask used a sledgehammer to break into a South City credit union early Tuesday morning, according to police.

MERRIT ISLAND, Fla. — Kennedy Space Center Federal Credit Union was flying high.

Earlier this year, Credit Union Journal invited credit unions of all sizes from across the nation to participate — at no cost — in a study conducted for us by the Best Companies Group, which yielded the ranking we feature in this issue's Special Report.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — After months of debate, NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz on Monday said she will request a revised risk-based capital rule be issued along with a new comment period "as a result of significant structural changes being considered."

Ent Federal Credit Union's announced Tuesday that President Randy Bernstein will add the chief executive officer title to his business card on Oct. 3.