Ray Birch

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — It's no mystery to Public Service CU members how much the credit union's lending program is saving them - the total is right in the middle of the CU's home page.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. — Diamond FCU is making a lot of auto loans to young adults these days, but the real payoff isn't the asset dollars — it's the relationship.

CLARK, N.J. — Aspire FCU is turning around consumer loans in minutes instead of days, has reduced expenses, and most important, is keeping member service high after closing six of its eight offices.

CHICAGO — Three years will likely pass before Alliant Credit Union and The Golden 1 CU reach $10 billion in assets. But that growth target is already on the radars of the $8 billion shops that are preparing today for how life changes once they move beyond the threshold.

ATLANTA — The number of credit unions buying banks will likely increase next year, along with the size of the deals.

MADISON, Wis. — Low- and moderate-income members may benefit down the road from four products the Filene Research Institute is testing in its new accessible financial services incubator.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Liberty First Credit Union has named Frank Wilber its new president and chief executive officer.

LONDON — With Basel III looming for banks and concerns over whether some of the global banking rules will filter down to CUs, representatives from the European Network of Credit Unions (ENCU) and World Council of Credit Unions conferred with European Union (EU) policymakers in London and Brussels last week.

SEATTLE—Verity Credit Union’s board of directors has named John Zmolek its new chief executive officer.

Gloria Bowden finds it hard to understand how the late John DuPree Jr. could be accused of embezzling millions, knowing what she does about the former CEO's late father and the values he instilled in his family and community.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The amount of future assessments for the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund keeps getting smaller.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Credit unions are still discovering the scope and power of social media, as well as how to leverage it and the pitfalls to avoid. Here are five things credit unions need to know about social media.

PLANO, Texas — While CEOs are seeing a number of positive growth signs within credit unions, their outlook on the overall economy may be headed in a different direction — and part of the reason may be Washington.

NORCROSS, Ga. — Associated CU has added eight points to its Net Promoter Score by having staff watch TV once a week.

CHALRESTON, W.Va. — Pioneer West Virginia FCU has increased its credit card balances by more than 33% each of the last two years and is on pace to beat those results in 2013. The CU credits the jump to bringing the management of its portfolio in-house.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Gloria Bowden finds it hard to understand how the late John DuPree Jr., could be accused of embezzling millions, knowing what she does about the former CEO's late father and the values he instilled in his family and community.

CHICAGO — Raymond Tesdahl, former CEO of Great Lakes credit union here, passed away peacefully at his home in Arizona on Nov. 4.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The $1.7 billion Affinity Plus FCU named Dave Larson its new president and CEO.

KOKOMO, Ind. — Cindy Brock faced a grim image of her credit union Sunday night when she examined the wreckage from a twister that swept through town, leveling 150 homes and badly damaging more than 1,000 businesses.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The late John DuPree Jr., former manager of Shiloh of Alexandria FCU, allegedly embezzled millions of dollars that led to the credit union's demise — and eventually his own — according to a civil complaint filed Tuesday by the National Credit Union Administration.