Southwest Gains 100 Clients

CU: Missouri Electric Co-op Employees

CU: Missouri Electric Co-op Employees

LAKE JACKSON, Texas - TDECU, formerly Texas Dow Employees CU, celebrated its 100,000th member by giving him 100,000 pennies-$1,000.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In 1998, Nancy Pierce became only the second woman to serve as chair of CUNA Her inspiration, Janet Miller, served from 1989 to 1991.

AHOSKIE, N.C. - State Employees CU joined local school representatives to break ground on a 24-unit affordable housing project aimed at attracting more teachers to this low-income rural county in the northeastern corner of the state.

In Houston, a robbery at Greater Houston FCU was thwarted when federal and local law enforcement agencies were attending a training session in the same building as the credit union. At Ft. Belvoir FCU, a man who allegedly robbed the credit union returned a month later to wire the money to a Texas bank. The man went to the same teller he had robbed. In California, a suspect in a robbery was identified because he was wearing a business suit - and pink slippers. (c) 2007 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

JANUARY

WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Committee, where almost all major legislation concerning credit unions begins, is expected to name the chairpersons of its five subcommittee next week, and all of them are considered strong credit union supporters.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Y2K wasn't the only thing on the minds of credit unions during 1999. NCUA's implementation of the Credit Union Membership Access Act was like removing the cap from a hot radiator as credit unions scrambled to file pent-up proposals for expansion.

KENSINGTON, Md. - Members of Lafayette FCU alleged improprieties in the vote to convert the credit union to a bank and called on NCUA last week to invalidate the ballot, which passed by a razor-thin margin of just 18 votes out of almost 5,100 cast.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Remember these stories from the pages of The Credit Union Journal during 1999?

HOUSTON - In a unique approach to preach financial education to the area's Hispanic market, PrimeWay FCU debuted its newest superhero during a professional soccer game here recently.

* A man in Kentucky was arrested after robbing a local bank and then taking a cab to a hotel in Cincinnati, where he had the cabbie book him a room in his own name.

ONTARIO, Calif. - CO-OP Financial Services has signed with CU Anytime to develop an ATM management service for credit unions.

NCUA Clears Counseling For Non-Members

Pretty soon everything is going to be direct deposit. We are not going to invest in bricks and mortar.

BALTIMORE - Municipal Employees CU of Baltimore paid its members a year-end dividend of $4.25 million-the 25th year in a row it returned funds to members.

HOUSTON - In a unique approach to preach financial education to the area's Hispanic market, PrimeWay FCU debuted its newest superhero during a professional soccer game here recently.

Pretty soon everything is going to be direct deposit. We are not going to invest in bricks and mortar.