by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 28, 2017 | News
The popular Christmas song says “there’s no place like home for the holidays,” but the wildfires left thousands of California families without a home to celebrate the Yuletide season. California credit unions, however, recently made the season a...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 28, 2017 | News
A 45-year-old former employee of the $45.5 million Strip Steel Community Federal Credit Union pleaded guilty to embezzling $82,000 in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, W. Va., last week. Michelle K. Martin admitted that she stole the funds from October 2016 to May 2017...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 27, 2017 | News
Becky Howell, MedPro Division CEO of the $83.7 million Ohio HealthCare Federal Credit Union in Dublin, Ohio, will retire Dec 31. Howell was the President/CEO of MedPro Federal Credit Union when it merged into Ohio HealthCare FCU in 2013. She began working in the...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 27, 2017 | News
The proliferation of high-profile sexual harassment and sexual assault claims in recent months has been staggering, and it is a safe bet that such claims will greatly increase in number in the New Year. To be sure, victims of such harassment have found...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 22, 2017 | News
Good news for financial institution heading into the new year. Anticipated loan demand is finally increasing, especially for home equities, according to Raddon’s 2017 national study. The research, “Lending Insights: Loan Demand Rebounds but Challenges...
by GrafWebCUSO | Dec 22, 2017 | News
Six credit unions have announced $18.1 million in annual dividends, or an extra $19.34 for each of their 957,192 members. Last year, credit unions paid members $5.1 billion in total dividends on shares, and $628 million in interest on state credit union deposits....