TMG Celebrates Five YearsDES MOINES, Iowa-TMG Financial Services marked its five-year anniversary serving CUs as the only credit union-centric, third-party agent issuer solution. TMGFS said it is a top 75 credit card issuer with more than 60,000 accounts and more than $125 million in assets under management.For info: www.tmgfinancialservices.comMortgage Training Class OfferedDALLAS-CU Members Mortgage and CMG Mortgage Insurance have teamed up to provide a two-day mortgage lending training class in Newport Beach, Calif., July 18-19, designed to cover the essentials of today's mortgage lending market.For info: www.cumembers.com or www.cmgmi.comWeber Marketing Expands To AtlantaSEATTLE-Weber Marketing Group, a branding and strategic consulting firm for the financial industry that recently opened a branch office in Vancouver, B.C., said it will be opening a third office in Atlanta.For info: www.webermarketing.comCRIF Signs New ClientsATLANTA-CRIF Lending Solutions said it signed four credit unions to use its CRIF ACTion platform, a combination of the APPRO and Teres solutions: $366-million Bellwether Community CU, Manchester, N.H.; $1.7-billion Langley FCU, Newport News, Va.; $871-million LGE Community CU, Marietta, Ga.; and, $857-million Motorola Employees CU, Schaumburg, Ill.For info: www.criflendingsolutions.comOn-Hold Messaging Solution LaunchedLOUISVILLE, Ky.-Captive Indoor Media announced the addition of an on-hold messaging feature to its web-based digital signage tool, Codigo. Captive said its Codigo software, used throughout the financial industry to manage thousands of digital signage units, now has the capability to send audio marketing messages directly to users' phone systems.For info: www.captiveindoormedia.comCovera Receives National AwardALBANY, N.Y.-Covera, a provider of debit, credit and ATM solutions to credit unions, said it recently received a Blockbuster Award from CUNA, honorable mention in the Best Print Ad category for Covera's CO-OP ad campaign, which highlighted CO-OP Network's free ATM access and its GPS and mobile locator options.For info: www.coverasolutions.comCU Centers Adds 3 CUs In IllinoisINDIANAPOLIS-Shared branching vendor Credit Union Centers signed three Illinois credit unions to join its CO-OP network-all as "issuers" and "acquirers"-to give CUC more than 100 branch locations in Illinois: $213-million Earthmover CU, Aurora, Ill.; $55-million South Division CU, Evergreen Park, Ill.; and, $263-million University of Illinois Employees CU, Champaign, Ill.For info: www.cucenters.comCU Awarded LEED CertificationNEEHAH, Wis.-Gries Architectural Group and Miron Construction Co., Inc., said CitizenFirst CU's 37,640-square-foot corporate office expansion at its Universal Street branch in Oshkosh, Wis., has been awarded Certified LEED status, as established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute.For info: www.griesarchitectural.com or www.usgbc.orgKEMBA Financial CU Joins PSCUST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-PSCU said KEMBA Financial CU, Gahanna, Ohio, is joining the CUSO to offer its members call center support from PSCU's Total Member Care 24/7/365 contact centers, which will process applications for new members and loans.For info: www.pscu.comLendingQB Integrates ComplianceEaseCOSTA MESA, Calif.-LendingQB, a provider of mortgage lending technology, announced that it completed an integration with ComplianceEase, a provider of mortgage compliance and risk management solutions. LendingQB integrated ComplianceEase's ComplianceAnalyzer product with its end-to-end loan origination system (LOS), which the two companies said created a solution that automatically runs continuous, real-time audits throughout the origination lifecycle of the loan to ensure compliance with federal, state, and municipal consumer credit regulations.For info: www.lendingqb.com or www.complianceease.com
-
Upon receiving a conditional U.S. charter approval, 25-year-old CEO Ferdinand Dabitz is assembling a team of industry experts to build a new kind of bank.
44m ago -
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould reiterated his pro-preemption stance Wednesday in response to a question on whether he would move to preempt other state laws — like one passed by the state legislature earlier this month in Colorado — if they come to fruition.
1h ago -
The co-author of the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and progressive congressional trailblazer Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has died.
1h ago -
The White House issued an executive order Tuesday directing the Treasury department, bank regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to advise banks on "red flags" of informal work arrangements. How agencies implement the order will determine how onerous compliance will ultimately be for banks.
2h ago -
Flagstar — one of the largest regional banks, operating around 340 locations across nine states — recently hired four senior executives.
3h ago -
The newest version of the House housing bill would make a ban on institutional investors owning some homes less harsh than the Senate version by removing a seven year mandate on selling build-to-rent homes.
May 19









