Changing Combat Veterans Lives

Pentagon Federal Credit Union has kicked off 2017 with a focus on making the lives of disabled veterans a little bit easier. The credit union has donated $30,000 to Segs4Vets to build custom-designed ALLY Chair adapted Segways for combat veterans wounded in...

10 Worker Resolutions for Employers to Watch

Employers had best be on their game in 2017, or they’re liable to have trouble hanging on to good employees. That’s the advice from CareerBuilder, which found in its latest survey of employees that workers are planning all sorts of changes for the New...

Two for One a Good Deal

Credit unions, as well as the entire financial services industry, should be encouraged by the recent remarks of President-elect Donald Trump relating to government regulations. Mr. Trump has stated that for every new regulation imposed by a government agency, he wants...

Credit Union Strategy & Risk Trends to Watch in 2017

Ted Bilke, president of core provider Symitar, a division of the Monett, Mo.-based Jack Henry & Associates, offered several 2017 trends and predictions that could impact credit unions directly or indirectly. 1. Growth Strategy Geographic expansion will continue....

Former CEO Pleads Guilty to $740,000 Embezzlement

A former president/CEO will be sentenced in April for embezzling $741,362 from the $4.6 million Corry Area Schools Federal Credit Union in Corry, Pa. Karen Schenck, 50, of Bear Lake, Pa., pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement in U.S. District Court in Erie on...