SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Leon Ewing, CEO of Firstmark CU, is pleased to announce the launch of several new loans that are targeted at educators.

SDMCU Chooses TFactor

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Leon Ewing, CEO of Firstmark CU, is pleased to announce the launch of several new loans that are targeted at educators.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Audrey (Maurer) Allen, Joann McKenzie, and Jack Tough recently received "Unsung Hero" awards from the California CU League's Historical Preservation Committee.

SAN DIEGO - USA Federal Credit Union became the latest CU to offer payday lending alternatives to its members-and the products garnered coverage on the local NBC affiliate.

WASHINGTON - CUNA CEO Dan Mica that a bank regulator should be "ashamed" for the comments he made last week.

SAN DIEGO - USA Federal Credit Union became the latest CU to offer payday lending alternatives to its members-and the products garnered coverage on the local NBC affiliate.

MADISON, Wis. - Business development, net interest margin, and outstanding credit union lending programs are the focus of three new CUNA Council white papers.

CUISPA Calls For Entries

ARLINGTON, Va. - The NASCUS board has elected George Reynolds, senior deputy commissioner of the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, to replace Ohio Department of Commerce Acting Deputy Superintendent of Financial Institutions Ken Roberts, who resigned as NASCUS' chairman-elect.

Throughout 2007, the Credit Union Journal, in conjunction with ENCORE Card Services, are profiling the credit unions of each U.S. state and D.C. Rather than appear in alphabetical order, the states are being featured in the order they became states. For info: visit www.encore-ecs.coop.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Attorneys for the state Banking Department and the Department of Revenue told the state's High Court last week the bankers ought to end their legal challenge to the credit unions' tax exemption and pursue their efforts to get credit unions taxed before the state legislature, instead.

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Credit unions are taking a "nanny-cam" approach to controlling the wild frontier of the Internet and data storage, using monitoring technologies to prevent employees from goofing-off or doing bad and stupid things with member data.

AUSTIN, Texas - As credit unions continue to battle slow growth in membership, shares and loans, one expert said the Internet still sparkles with opportunities.

CRANFORD, N.J. - Three former volunteer credit union directors who worked together won the million-dollar lottery yesterday when their credit union-turned-bank agreed to be sold to another bank for $170 million. The agreement by New York Community Bancorp to take over Synergy Financial Group, known until 1999 as Synergy FCU, means that stock owned by each of the three former volunteers is worth more than $1 million, according to the company's annual proxy statement.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - What if you could start your day with a massage, go for a stroll with your pooch, play a little foosball and then cap your day with dinner with a special someone (who could also offer you a raise)?

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Debit card fraudsters are socking credit unions for millions in lost dollars and hours-but an information technology (IT) manager here thinks anti-phishing and identity theft protection services may help curtail losses.

In March I attended an invitee-only seminar on branding at George Washington University in Washington. The speaker was Dr. Kevin Lane Keller, the E.B. Osborn professor of Marketing at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Dr. Keller is also a consultant on branding for many of the Fortune 500 and is author of the two best selling books on branding ever sold.

WALLINGFORD, Conn. - The Credit Union League of Connecticut said it is likely to join the class action lawsuit being filed against TJX Corporation for last year's data breach that put private member data at risk, resulting in significant costs to credit unions.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Audrey (Maurer) Allen, Joann McKenzie, and Jack Tough recently received "Unsung Hero" awards from the California CU League's Historical Preservation Committee.