GHS Federal Credit Union, has awarded SUNY ESF freshman Larissa Perlmutter a $250 scholarship. Entries were judged based on grades, leadership activities and extracurricular interests, teacher recommendations, standardized test scores, and an essay on the subject, "How will your college education help you achieve your career goals?" Credit Union ONE,...

Clear Lake, Texas - If you've been listenin' to the preachin', you've heard this message before: Establish key contacts with legislators before a need arises, and it will pay big dividends later. In support of this theory, JSC Federal Credit Union recently hosted Congressman Nick Lampson as part of his...

BOSTON - TAWPI-The Association for Work Process Improvement-has released its 2001 Remittance Processing Study. Conducted by Global Concepts Inc., the report includes benchmarking data from 88 remittance processing sites and critical information in various related areas such as the current use and projections on e-commerce initiatives; image versus non-image; mail...

MADISON, Wis - Googolplex, an online publication for students published by CUNA, has a new feature looking at the history of the Umbrella Man, a symbol used to represent the credit union industry for nearly 40 years. The Umbrella Man was first drawn in 1923 by Boston Globe artist Joseph...

ATLANTA - It's been eight years since Credit Union Service Corporation (CUSC) made the first interstate share draft transaction ever performed by a credit union shared branch network, but CUSC's Chief Operating Officer Scott McCall remembers the details of the historic event as if it happened yesterday. The first transaction...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Data shows an increased number of consumers using online banking to make purchases and pay bills, but Deluxe Corp., one of the leading checking print companies in the U.S. still managed to earn a record third quarter net income for the third quarter. The company also...

C & O United Credit Union, Edgewood, Ky., President/CEO Alla Holland has received the 2001 Frank Moore Outstanding Credit Union Professional Award by the Kentucky Credit Union League. Holland was recognized for her leadership and commitment to the credit union system for over 15 years on the local, state and...

I just opened my November 7th Credit Union Times and flipped to Mike Welch's weekly publisher's column. I didn't even need to read it. The headline, "Bite the bullet and split NCUA/NCUSIF," says it all. I agree with the headline 100%! Conceptually I don't have a problem with the two...