The Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) honored a number of people for their professional accomplishments during its Marketing, Operations & Technology Conference here. Named as Operations Professional of the Year was Larry Kunkel of FORUM Credit Union, Indianapolis. Named as Technology Executive of the Year was another representative of FORUM, Doug True. Two people shared the Marketer of the Year Award were Katy Jett of UT FCU, Knoxville, Tenn, and Brett Noll of Langley FCU. In CUES' Golden Mirror Awards for marketing, Jackie Wright, business development officer with Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Washington, won the GMA Rookie of the Year Award. CP FCU, Jackson, Mich, won the Golden Shoestring Award (for doing a lot with a little). And General Technologies FCU in Irving, Texas was recognized with the GMA Phil Davies Memorial Best of Show Award.
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As AI and digital assets become mainstream, banks are spotting new opportunities to integrate payments with other activities.
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House Republicans overcame internal divisions to narrowly pass President Trump's tax and spending package Thursday afternoon. The measure would cut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding level, among other provisions.
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A new partnership with Google Cloud will let the Spanish bank offer Gemini to all staff after a successful ChatGPT deployment.
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Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
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In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
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