by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 9, 2017 | News
Jim Hanson of JDH Consulting discusses why credit unions should implement a branch-based small business program. PORTLAND, Ore. – Despite the perception that small business owners wouldn’t think of looking to credit unions for financial services, credit...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 9, 2017 | News
CUSO Financial Services and its sister company, Sorrento Pacific Financial, in San Diego, Calif., signed an agreement last week to be bought by Atria Wealth Solutions in New York, which is backed by a private equity firm. As part of the agreement, Atria will be buying...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 8, 2017 | News
Legal experts Dennis Baranowski, left, and Nema Daghbandan, right, discuss best practices for cannabis business lending. PORTLAND, Ore. – Cannabis businesses loans are a territory most credit unions would choose to steer clear of, but at the 2017 CUBG National...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 8, 2017 | News
The $5.1 billion Lake Michigan Credit Union in Grand Rapids said Monday it will buy the $418 million Encore Bank, which makes the definitive agreement the largest bank acquisition by a credit union to date. The Naples-Fla.-based bank, which serves about 20,000...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 7, 2017 | News
CUBG CEO Larry Middleman, right, chats with CU Times Managing Editor Natasha Chilingerian at CUBG’s conference in Portland. PORTLAND, Ore. – Credit unions are beginning to service bigger business loan deals than ever before, but one thing hasn’t...
by GrafWebCUSO | Aug 7, 2017 | News
Kaspersky Lab researchers identified a new trend: malicious hackers increasingly using steganography, a digital version of an ancient technique of hiding messages inside images, to conceal the tracks of their activity. In recent months, Kaspersky Lab researchers...
