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New York Sate Credit Union League, Latham, regretfully announces the passing of longtime credit union movement member Carl Colucci. Colucci, who served as president of the International Paper Company's credit union, was later employed by the League as a consultant until the mid-1980s. Colucci then served as manager of Kenton...

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Sunmark Federal Credit Union, Schenectady, N.Y., has named Arthur LaFleur dealer relationship specialist and Rachel Zimolka business development representative.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The old days of a corporate having a guaranteed captive CU audience in the region it serves are over. With most state-chartered corporates having national FOMs and with an increasing number of federal-chartered corporates moving to them, corporate CU competition has gone national. Corporate leaders will point...

NEW YORK - FISI-Madison President Dan Tarantin has been named the company's new CEO, replacing Ken Keith, who served as CEO since 1996. Tarantin will be doing doubled duty, as he was also named CEO of Benefit Consultants. The moves were announced by Cendant Corp., parent company of FISI-Madison and...

INDIANAPOLIS - More and more tech-savvy CUs are leveraging their considerable in-house tech talent to create tech CUSOs. FORUM Credit Union has done just that, and is really starting to roll. In September of last year the CU formed FORUM Solutions. The CUSO has grown to include seven full-time employees...

MADISON, Wis. - If there were any lingering doubts the U.S. was going through a recession, they were dispelled by some of the latest economic statistics such as those released by the National Association of Purchasing Management which showed its non-manufacturing business activity index fell to its lowest point in...