CUNA has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2021 honor by The Wisconsin State Journal for the second consecutive year. The list is based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by Energage, an employee engagement and workplace improvement research firm.

Ken Watts, president/CEO of the West Virginia Credit Union League, was recognized with the 2021 Eugene H. Farley League Leadership Award by the AACUL. The award honors a league employee who demonstrates visionary leadership at the state and national levels.

Synergent and the Irish League of Credit Unions recently met to discuss how the credit union movement can work together to achieve better outcomes for members through technology and how each of their credit union systems keep pace with changing technological demands.

Credit union frontline workers will learn the importance of compliance and the best way to communicate regulations to members by attending CUNA Frontline Compliance eSchool, to be held in five sessions, one Friday per month from May through September.

CUNA has announced CRMNEXT and Payrailz as the newest CUNA Associate Business Members. These business advocates join in CUNA’s advocacy efforts to support, protect, unify and advance the credit union movement.

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.

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.