OLYMPIA, Wash. - Five months after it began the rulemaking process, the state Division of Credit Unions has finalized its rule increasing the rate of assessments and fees paid to the division by credit unions. The rule takes effect on June 23, 2001. It provides for three successive increases between...

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Those credit unions that have jumped to the leading edge and started offering wireless banking services will be pleased with the results of just-released TowerGroup research. The research shows that by 2005 the number of U.S. mobile payments users is expected to rise to 3.5 million and...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Credit union best practices in indirect lending will be the focus of CU Direct's annual Auto Lending Symposium that will be held June 20-21 at the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas. At a luncheon on June 21, the company will recognize participating credit unions for having...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - ePSCU, the e-commerce unit of PSCU, a credit/debit/EFT CUSO owned by 510 CUs, held its first-ever Internet Forum recently. Just a year old, ePSCU, which offers e-com products such as electronic bill payment, has 150 CU clients. "ePSCU is very much for real and here to...

KILLARNEY, Ireland - A historic moment doesn't always need to be earth-shattering. However, a quiet historic moment took place before the World Council of Credit Unions' 2001 International Conference and Annual General Meeting where 25 representatives from credit unions and co-operative banks sat down to discuss shared values, differences and...

St. Anne's Credit Union, Fall River, Mass., has appointed the following employees: Monique Grace, vice president of lending; Richard Beaulieu, vice president of branch administration; Robert Dumas, vice president of MIS; Janice Barrette, senior loan administrator/secondary market officer; John Mitchell, director of human resources; Darlene Sampson, Somerset branch manager; Deborah...

FAIRFAX, Va. - Credit union data processor FedComp, Inc. here has launched, The Next Generation, its new Windows-based data processing solution. Pre-release sales launch started on June 1, 2001, and special pre-release pricing will be available for credit unions which sign up for the solution between now and September 1,...

KILLARNEY, Ireland - "God must love ordinary people, he made so many of them," Mary McAleese, president of Ireland told the assembled delegates at the World Council of Credit Unions' Conference after greeting the group in both Gaelic and English. McAleese quickly made the audience feel she, too, is an...