Corporate governance

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU said its “Stache your cash!” promotions helped raise $3.15 million in new deposits during its annual Youth Saving Challenge April 22 to 26.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has launched two bilingual TV commercials promoting its services as “how banking’s supposed to feel.”

ORLANDO, Fla. – Passersby can be seen craning their necks this morning to look up at an 80-foot mural of a killer robot from outer space wrapping itself around the Fairwinds CU offices, a promotion for the new “Transformers” ride debuting this summer at nearby Universal Studios.

CHICAGO – Why are some people and some teams so consistent in making creative things happen again and again, and others are not?

CHICAGO – America may “run on Dunkin,” but what gets America running to Dunkin’ Donuts?

NEW YORK – Nassau Educators FCU, Long Island’s third-largest credit union, on Tuesday unveiled a new TV commercial to mark its new branding campaign, called “Better banking because we’re not a bank.”

SAN DIEGO – CUSO Financial Services said this afternoon it is partnering with TRUST, to offer the credit union mutual fund family managed by Callahan Financial Services to its credit union customers.

For $130-million WestStar Credit Union, which serves gaming employees from three branches in Las Vegas and one in Reno, Nev., hosting job fairs in its two service areas the past three years has been rewarding in more ways than one.

HARTFORD, Conn. – The state’s House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that would allow the state's credit unions to offer savings raffles or lotteries, which would make Connecticut the seventh state to allow savings contests.

DAYTON, Ohio – A federal judge yesterday dismissed a $10 million Privacy Act suit brought against Wright-Patt CU by a family who claimed the credit union illegally shared their account information with the FBI and local police investigating allegations of PIN or VIN flipping of heavy construction equipment rentals.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Northwest Resource FCU is seeking to break form the pack of nine Oregon and Washington credit unions with “Northwest” in their name with a new name and brand at Trailhead CU.

Because the United States is not the leader in new payments products, when Brian Scott talks about the industry's future he spends a lot of time highlighting what is taking place in other countries.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA on Friday reported it has approved an application from Ohio Catholic FCU in Akron, Ohio, to serve 1.3 million parishioners, students and employees in Catholic churches in Columbus, Steubenville, Youngstown, Toledo and Cincinnati, one of the biggest faith-based expansions ever granted.

MONROE, Mich. – Residents paying water bills, parking tickets, recreation program fees and other in-person payments to the city now must visit the Monroe County Community CU branch in city hall to do so, instead of the nearby clerk-treasurer’s office, as a result of an outsourcing contract with the credit union.

CLARKSBURG, Md. – Comstar FCU, a conglomeration of government credit unions, said today it is changing its name to Nymeo—an anagram of the word “money,” and will promote itself as a new way to look at money.

ISHPEMING, Mich. – Ishpeming Community FCU said it changed its name to TruNorth FCU to better reflect its five-county field of membership.

TAMPA, Fla. – GTE Financial has begun a campaign to attract new members called “Join 200,000 of your closest friends,” a nod to the credit union’s recent milestone of achieving 200,000 members.

OGDEN, Utah – Wasatch Peaks FCU, a $190-million credit union created through the 2011 combination of two healthy credit unions, is expanding again with the merger of $64-million SummitOne FCU, also in Ogden.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Credit Union Journal’s Grow Show just keeps getting better, with the addition of a session that will address one of the hottest issues of discussion and a potential new revenue stream: health insurance exchanges.

ERIE, Penn. – General Electric Co., whose name once blazoned across more than two dozen credit unions, has directed Erie General Electric FCU and two other credit unions in Ohio and Connecticut, to stop using the GE moniker.