Michael Bartlett

The members of $196 million Lake State Credit Union, Moose Lake, Minn., gave a green light to merge their CU into $429 million Members Cooperative Credit Union, here.

MemberClose, a provider of a bundled mortgage settlement solution for credit unions, said it has added four CUs from Connecticut to its client list.

Boston-based Industrial Credit Union is merging with Webster First FCU, here, with plans calling for the $171 million Industrial to operate as a division of the $665 million Webster.

MEMBERS Development Company said seven new credit unions have joined its roster.

LAS VEGAS — The oft-repeated complaint by credit unions that members brought in through indirect auto loans are difficult to make "real" members has been addressed by CU Direct's purchase of Intuvo, a marketing automation software company.

As CU Direct's annual "Drive" conference gets underway Wednesday in Glitter Gulch, the company is looking to expand awareness of its new Advisory Services.

Sally Myers and Rob Johnson warned attendees of CUNA CFO Council's Annual Conference to always be aware of threats and to help their credit unions identify them ahead of time.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For the second time this week NCUA has won an award — this time from the Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals.

WASHINGTON — The first quarter of 2015 might have been a weak one for overall GDP growth, but credit unions exhibited strength in a number of areas.

SafeAmerica Credit Union, which recently completed a full core conversion, has implemented a next-generation interactive voice response (IVR) banking system from Tulsa, Okla.-based Enacomm Inc.

PLANO, Texas — Rick Grady, VP research for the Cornerstone Credit Union League, recently was elected to the city council here.

Online lending platform LendKey said MidCap Financial has committed to purchase up to $1 billion of student consolidation loans originated on the LendKey platform.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame Federal Credit Union has partnered with five regional credit unions to provide Relevant Radio of Green Bay, Wis., a $5.25 million Term Loan Facility.

ST. LOUIS — Lutheran Federal Credit Union here recently began operations after years of planning, and the start-up CU is using Share One's core processing technology known as NewSolutions.

CO-OP Financial Services on Thursday said it will offer a subsidy to clients switching to EMV cards that will total $9.1 million.

WASHINGTON — Two credit unions – Security Service Federal Credit Union in San Antonio and Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Bethpage, N.Y. – made the cut for WalletHub's list of "2015's Best Bank Accounts for Small Businesses."

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Altura Credit Union on Friday reported $2.34 million in net income for the first quarter — stretching its streak of consecutive quarters of positive earnings to 16.

It was a busy Thursday for NCUA, as it placed New Bethel Federal Credit Union, Portsmouth, Va., into conservatorship, and liquidated TLC Federal Credit Union of Tillamook, Ore.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA on Thursday issued prohibition orders for April, barring two individuals from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution.

HARLAN, Iowa — Town & Country Credit Union, here, has chosen the Sharetec System as its new core processor.