The World Council of Credit Unions’ Board appointed two new Directors at the 2019 World Credit Union Conference, and heard from economic trend forecaster Pippa Malmgren in her keynote address during Tuesday’s general session.
Tickets and sponsorships are now available for purchase for the 31st annual National Credit Union Foundation Dinner Presenting the Herb Wegner Memorial Awards on March 11, 2019 at the Marriott Marquis in conjunction with CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C.
CUNA Mutual Group today announced the acquisition of Portland, Ore.-based Mirador, a financial technology startup company that delivers a digital small business lending platform.
Lending growth highlighted CUNA’s October Monthly Credit Union Estimates, with credit union loan portfolios on track for the fourth straight year of double digit growth.
The National Credit Union Foundation has announced the addition of Chad Helminak as the new director of Credit Union Development and Cooperative Values Engagement, effective Jan. 29. Helminak will lead the Foundation’s popular Credit Union Development Education Training and engage the growing corps of Credit Union Development Educators.
CUNA’s National Awards Committee recently selected the recipients of the 2017 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award, the Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Member Service Award, and the Desjardins Awards for Financial Education.
In recognition for his almost forty years of service to the credit union movement and innovative spirit pushing the movement forward, the National Credit Union Foundation Chuck Purvis, resident/CEO at Coastal CU, Raleigh, N.C., as the recipient of a 2018 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement.
An article in the October issue of Wyoming Business Report highlights the fraud prevention potential of CULedger, a credit union consortium supported by the efforts of CUNA and the Mountain West Credit Union Association.