As the deadline approaches for credit unions to have in place a written policy and program on interest-rate risk management, questions have been raised about whether ALM teams have been paying enough attention to the deposit side of the analysis.

Pay them or lose them, says CUNA, which has identified several CU non-management positions that demand greater pay and rewards due to demand for their skills in the marketplace.

Michigan State University FCU has launched its first-ever startUP Challenge, which will award $25,000 to a local entrepreneur.

Community West CU spent the summer giving away $25,000 worth of iPads. The "Summer of the iPad" giveaway, which is directed toward Gen Y members, ties in with CWCU's heavy focus on youth membership.

Community West Credit Union of Michigan touts itself as "Home of the 7% Checking Account."

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Emotions ran high at a special meeting of members for $1.6-billion Technology Credit Union's proposed charter conversion to a mutual savings bank.

One controversial aspect of the proposed charter change by Tech Credit Union involves, somewhat ironically, the use of technology.

McGowan Named 'Exceptional Leader'

Gather a group of credit union execs together in a bar and over beers the fermentation will turn to lamentation as the group debates whose operation has had it the worst over the past few years.

How to better leverage merchant lending according to Trina Larson, director of sales for the CRIF Select division of CRIF Lending Solutions.

Interest-rate-risk-derivatives-swap-cap is not an easy concept to understand. When evaluating this concept, we need to look at the words that make it up and try to understand the meaning of each.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA announced this morning that David Marquis, who has served as the agency’s chief operating officer the past three years, will retire at year-end.

AURORA, Ill. -- The former president of the Aurora Firefighters CU faces felony charges alleging she stole $36,000 from the credit union over a five-year span to feed a gambling addiction.

CHANDLER, Ariz. – Fred Kent, a former NCUA examiner who eventually headed First CU from 1988 to 2009, died Thursday at 67.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Federal Aviation Administration FCU has hired R. Todd Vanderpool, CEO of BankTennessee Bankshares, as president and CEO of the $100 million credit union.

AUGUSTA, Me. – The Maine CU League said its Synergent CUSO paid its members a $750,000 rebate based on the volume of business each credit union did with Synergent during the period of August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012.

SANDY, Utah – A former deputy sheriff went to his TransWest CU branch to make a deposit Friday afternoon – and ended up making a citizen’s arrest after a robbery there.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – TBA FCU said it has implemented eDOC Innovations’ ProDOC Packages workflow management tool for automating electronic document and image processing of transactions.

SEATTLE – Gesa CU, a longtime Fiserv customer which opted for the company’s new Acumen core processing system, has filed suit in federal court to terminate the contract after it said the company failed to meet a variety of benchmarks and deadlines.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Communication FCU, an $830 million credit union, will announce this morning the roll out of a mobile banking suite provided by Tyfone.