Lending Manager Sentenced

The former lending manager of the $222 million 360 Federal Credit Union was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison last week for embezzling more than $840,000 from the Windsor Locks, Conn.-based cooperative U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford...

Liberty Bay Plays Ball for Boys & Girls Club

Local baseball fans recently celebrated the history of America’s favorite pastime courtesy of Liberty Bay Credit Union. To benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Stoneham and Wakefield, the $657 million credit union hosted a Vintage Baseball and Family Day in...

Making the Most of Mobile Revenue Generation

If payments are to continue as its mobile activity hub, credit unions must challenge disruptors by providing its members and business community with products and services that earn relevance and revenue. Credit unions’ role is critical to its local economy,...

Lawyer to Withdraw from Embezzling CEO Lawsuit

A lawyer filed a motion last week in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y. to withdraw from representing a former CEO who sued a credit union after he pled guilty to bank fraud at another credit union. Two weeks after he pleaded guilty to bank fraud and attempted...

New Members to Credit Union Advisory Council: CFPB

The CFPB has announced the appointment of eight new members to its Credit Union Advisory Council. The council and several others formed by the agency provide guidance to the CFPB. “The Bureau’s advisory board and councils play an important role in making...