A $45,000 grant issued through Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ Project Storm Break program helped six Haitian credit unions get back to serving their members despite an August earthquake that caused major damage to their permanent structures.
The National Credit Union Foundation launched the first-ever national Biz Kid$ Showcase, this week. The Biz Kid$ Showcase will allow creativity to continue in our current virtual world.
Zogo, a gamified financial literacy app, has been selected as the newest CUNA Strategic Services CSS alliance provider. The collaboration will allow credit unions to connect to their next generation of members through a gamified mobile app on their phones.
CUNA Lending Council is pleased to announce results of the recent executive committee election. Jim Block continues to serve as the group’s Chair, Ray Lindley as vice chair, and Cary Shumway as second vice chair.
CUNA Strategic Services has many ways to match credit unions with innovative products and services, CSS President Barbara Lowman said on CUBroadcast this week. Lowman noted that matched products and services help foster more efficient credit union operations.
The Dakota Credit Union Association, formerly the Credit Union Association of the Dakotas, officially announced its new name this week at its annual Summit Meeting held in Sioux Falls, S.D. The League will also adopt an updated and modernized brand and color.
The BSA Coalition will host a “Regulatory Focus and Priorities” webinar Thursday, Sept 24, beginning at 10 a.m. (ET). The focus of the webinar is potential regulatory changes and the status of initiatives in 2020. Registration is now open.
NCUA awarded $75,000 in grants to three low-income, minority depository institution credit unions to support mentoring programs with larger credit unions. The grants were funded through the NCUA’s Community Development Revolving Loan Fund allocation.
Credit unions have been supported during the pandemic by both collective and individual work of state leagues and associations across the county, American Association of Credit Union Leagues Executive Director Brad Miller wrote in CUInsight Friday.
CUNA is launching a campaign focused on getting credit union members to vote in the November elections. It includes the launch of CreditUnionsVote.com, where members can register to vote, participate in early voting and locate their polling place.