VACAVILLE, Calif.-Information never felt so good at Travis CU here, ever since the $1.6-billion CU unified all data-member, organizational, financial, product and transactional-through one platform.

TUKWILA, Wash.-BECU was in for a big surprise when it launched its mobile banking application in late August-nearly 13,000 members downloaded the application in the first week, 8,000 of those on the first day.

SILVER CITY, N.M.-Credit unions are throwing money at Microsoft instead of using free, open software and giving the savings back to members, according to Bill Stites, CIO at $27-million Chino Federal Credit Union here.

VIENNA, Va.-In June 2009, a Navy FCU member named Chris started a Twitter account called "NFCU Sucks," apparently using it as a stage to complain bitterly about the credit union's overdraft fees.

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ROMULUS, Mich.-At any time of day, expect to see Amy McGraw pecking away at her BlackBerry on Twitter, "tweeting" with her members about the Mexican restaurant where she's eating or a movie she's about to see.

ROMULUS, Mich.-Some credit unions may be worried about compliance when they use Twitter and other social media sites.

WASHINGTON-In her debut speech to credit unions, new advisor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Elizabeth Warren said the CU industry can be a strong ally for consumers.

NEW NCUA CHARGE GREETED BY CUS' WEARY RESIGNATION

Former CUNA Chair, Eugene, Dies

A credit union executive writes to concur with the Sept. 6 letter-to-the-editor, Fold NCUA's Tent Before Regulator Folds CUs."

Legacy assets. In the fine tradition of "deferred success" and "convenient terms," yet another euphemism aimed at telling it like it isn't.

The window of opportunity for credit unions to convert casual members to become their primary financial services provider is slowly closing.

Anyone who has ever had an NCUA examination and experienced a disagreement over their level of loan loss reserves can appreciate the reasoning behind NCUA's recent assessment.

GROTON, Conn. – Almost 2,600 members of Charter Oak FCU had a nice surprise last week when they received $100 checks under the credit union’s multi-service Gold Rewards program.

ONTARIO, Calif. – Representatives from several credit unions in the western states on Friday announced the formation of a Corporate Realignment Task Force, which they said will devise a cost-effective, cooperative structure to provide CUs with essential services that historically have been provided by corporate credit unions.

WASHINGTON – Immediately after NCUA unveiled its proposed new rules for corporates, both CU trade associations saw a few streaks of silver lining in the plan.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Actions taken Friday by NCUA to conserve three more corporates and announce the new corporate credit union rule were “well thought out, bold” and what needed to be done to further protect natural-person CUs and their members, Thomas Bonds told Credit Union Journal.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board approved reforms to its corporate credit union rules on Friday that will severely restrict the powers of the corporates, making them little more than pass-throughs for investment services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA’s newly passed corporate rules are expected to unleash a major restructuring of the corporate credit union network that will entail consolidation of the disparate group of 28 regional corporates. The question to be settled is: who will lead that effort?