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Credit unions can prevent, or at least limit, losses due to robberies and wire transfer fraud by implementing a few simple procedures.

One of the credit unions hit hardest in the country by the recession and real estate collapse, Silver State Schools, has a "long road" ahead ot it, but its CEO believes it will recover.

Consultant Michael Hudson suggests how people should share their ideas and brainstorm at their next management or board meeting.

Consultant Michael Hudson offered this "five point prescription" for making strategy work at the credit union.

Credit union CEOs are much more optimistic about the economic environment today than they were one year ago.

Banks and thrifts posted strong earnings for Q4 2011, according to new data from the FDIC.

General Motors employees are set to begin receiving bonuses of up to $7,000 each as a result of the auto giant's recent profitability.

Fueled by higher bank fees and the Bank Transfer Day movement, credit unions scored some of their biggest membership gains ever in the second half of 2011.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Credit union giants Kinecta FCU and NuVision FCU have called off their proposed combination, which would have been the second biggest credit union merger ever, creating a $4.4 billion credit union.

A focus on cross-selling has helped Community Credit Union here move from negative loan growth in 2010 (-1.5%) to 4.5% in 2011.

The Money Anxiety Index for January stood at 93.9, an improvement of 1.4 index points over the same month in 2011 and is shaking out at 92.3 in February, an improvement of 0.7 over January, and a 2.4-point increase over the same month last year.

What the Great Recession had in store for Tom Dorety and Suncoast Schools FCU is something no credit union CEO could have prepared for.

RIVERSIDE, Calif.-The road to recovery has not been a pretty one for Altura Credit Union. But Mark Hawkins, its CEO, believes the worst of the problems are behind it.

NEW YORK-Banks appear to be recouping some of their debit interchange losses by boosting minimum balance requirements to avoid monthly checking fees.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-After a very difficult three-year stretch during which it lost $77.7 million, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union welcomed black ink back to its books in 2011.

PHILADELPHIA – NCUA announced Sunday it liquidated People for People Community Development CU and assigned the remnants of the failed $1.3 million credit union to $1.4 billion TruMark Financial CU of Philadelphia.

KENOSHA, Wis. – NCUA and state credit union regulators took over A M Community CU, a troubled one-time $135 million credit union that serves Chrysler workers and the surrounding community, after the close of business Friday evening.

SAN DIEGO-North Island Credit Union continued one of the more remarkable turnarounds of troubled CUs in 2011, when it posted $19.6 million in net income, excluding assessments.

YORKTOWN, Va. – 1st Advantage FCU said this morning it is paying members a $500,000 Anniversary Bonus to celebrate the credit union’s 60th birthday.

Credit unions added an estimated 300,000 members in December and about one million members in the fourth quarter, the best growth in more than a decade, as recruitment efforts surrounding Bank Transfer Day bore fruit, according to CUNA.