NEW YORK - Lucy Ito, vice president, World Council of Credit Unions was one of a group of three distinguished panelists who addressed the United Nations on October 17 at its International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The panel was chaired by His Excellency Jose Roberto Andino Salazar, representative...

TINTON FALLS, N.J. - The downturn in the telecommunications industry is having a significant impact in New Jersey, home to major firms such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Telcordia (formerly Bell Communications Research), with thousands of employees facing layoffs and forced into early retirement. At United Teletech FCU, whose field...

If the number of meetings scheduled for next year is supposed to be dropping, someone forgot to tell the credit union industry. The largest and most complete listing of credit union meetings, conferences, conventions, institutes, caucuses, seminars, symposiums, and workshops scheduled in 2002 is included in this issue of Credit...

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Whether a member decides to purchase or lease a car, the best plan is for them to first study all the facts, know their options and make the choice that best fits their individual needs, advises IBM Southeast Employees' FCU. In an promotional piece in the...

NEW YORK - XCEL Federal Credit Union is the latest credit union to join the New York State Shared Service Centers network. Less than two weeks after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, XCEL members had access to 31 Shared Service Centers in New York, New Jersey and...

TUKWILA, Wash. - It's been less than one year since Boeing Employees' Credit Union and information technology company DEXMA formed a CUSO - Prime Alliance Solutions - to offer credit unions an easy-to-use online lending solution that provides members with a commitment letter at the end of the application process....

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Credit union industry veteran Yvonne Evers has joined HRValue Group as the company's new CEO. Evers replaces Bashker Biswas who is no longer employed at the company. Evers has more than 17 years of human resources experience, the last 10 of which have been in the credit...

Mike Welch's October 17th publisher's column states that credit unions should consider selling their credit card portfolio. I disagree. While I will agree it is hard for credit unions to compete with the large credit card banks right now, I am not sure their pricing model is one we want...