The Press Enterprise ran a Q&A with Robert Cameron, president of Moreno Valley, Calif.-based Visterra Credit Union. After providing background on Cameron’s career and the credit union itself, the CEO offered his insights on everything from his views on the training skills needed in credit unions to local market conditions, other CUs, advice for other executives, and more.
Finance & Commerce profiled the success of the $39-mllion Highgrove FCU in the years since Ford Motor Co. shutdown its massive plant in St. Paul, Minn. Originally known as Ford Employees FCU, today it is preparting to open a new 12,000 square-foot headquarters as part of a growth plan that concluded Ford workers could never again be the backbone of future growth. Highgrove FCU CEO Pat Johnson was quoted in the story.
The Boston Business Journal highlighted the success of a credit union it described as “spawned from a defunct tech company (that now has) more assets, makes more money and provides more loans to consumers than just about any other community bank in Massachusetts.” The story detailed the success of Digital Federal Credit Union in Marlborough, Mass., saying it is a “nonprofit in a league of its own.” The story described how Digital stacks up against local community banks and said a “new battleground is shaping up as Eastern Bank plans to expand on Digital’s turf in Middlesex County with its planned acquisition of Reading’s MassBank Corp.”
The Boston Globe featured New England United Methodist FCU in a story highlighting on the CU has come to the assistance of many people, especially pastors within the church. CEO Shelly Page was quoted in the report, which also detailed the history of credit unions in the U.S. The story also noted who was eligible for membership in the $500-million NEUM FCU.(c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com
