Stealing From 12 CUs: Former Pot Pres. Pleads Guilty

The former president of the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association pleaded guilty last week to stealing more than $700,000 from a dozen credit unions and a bank. From January 2014 to July 2016, Nicholas J. Saulsberry, 30, created websites that claimed to be...

CUNA Hopes Economy Finds ‘Goldilocks Solution’

While CUNA officials started the year predicting a 2.5% economic growth rate, they’re now hoping they were too optimistic. Bill Hampel, CUNA’s chief policy officer, said an economy that is too hot might cause the Fed to raise rates more aggressively,...

Face Time Is Real Time

In a recent article published in CU Times, David Baumann writes of a conversation he had with a credit union lobbyist who works for one of the national credit union trade organizations. In response to a question as to why credit unions have not had any face time with...