WASHINGTON - Ray Springsteen has been a cornerstone of Callahan & Associates for more than eight years - that run will come to an end at the end of this month. Springsteen will be leaving the Washington-based credit union consulting and research firm to become vice president of marketing at...

Jax Federal Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has named Mark Cammuso vice president of information service. Keesler Federal Credit Union, Biloxi, Miss., has promoted John R. Goff to senior vice president and Richard Tolar to senior vice president/chief financial officer.

*11,000 check-cashing outlets nationally process more than 180 million checks worth roughly $60 billion each year; *Payday lending grew nationally from 300 stores in 1994 to more than 8,000 in 1999; *12,000 to 14,000 pawnshops operate nationwide outnumbering credit unions and banks; *Between 1993 and 1998, subprime loans grew from...

Until now, credit unions have taken baby steps in socially responsible investing. Still industry watchers say that despite the beating mutual funds have taken over the past year, SRI is on the upswing, and credit unions may be the next group it attracts. What are SRIs and what is their...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Among the list of items the NASCUS Government Relations Committee is scheduled to take up at its next meeting during NASCUS' annual conference in September, is the bill-H.R. 2796 introduced by Ohio Republican Congressman Robert Ney-that would allow privately insured, state-chartered credit unions to become members of...

WASHINGTON - The National Cooperative Business Association, which led the charge to get the .coop domain name for cooperatives, has yet to find a CU organization to become a founder and act as registrant for CUs and the new .coop domain, but it is having luck in other areas. The...

First Teachers Federal Credit Union, Schenectady, N.Y., has named Christine Perlee business development officer. Citadel Federal Credit Union, Thorndale, Pa., has named Michael B. Schnably vice president of marketing and training and John Stehman CEO of Citadel Financial Services, Inc. The New England Credit Union Heritage Foundation, Concord, N.H. has...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - It's been a busy year for the Savings and Cooperative League of South Africa (SACCOL). Over the past six months 11 applications for membership have been received and seven have been accepted. SACCOL believes this is a great achievement by their members in financially empowering...