In recognition of his decades of service to the credit union movement, the National Credit Union Foundation has named Bill Hampel, retired chief policy officer and economist at CUNA, a 2018 Herb Wegner Memorial Award winner.
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.
NCUA posted its proposed 2018-2019 budget Friday, and will accept comments and requests to present at the Oct. 18 budget briefing. CUNA is currently analyzing the materials, which include a proposed operating budget of $298.2 million for 2018.
Forty-six credit union professionals became Credit Union Development Educators after being guided by dedicated program facilitators and mentors through intensive training from the National Credit Union Foundation Sept. 13-20 in Madison, Wis.
The Credit for Agriculture Producers Project in the Ukraine organized and hosted an engagement visit for international credit union experts, composed of members of World Council of Credit Unions and the Global Women’s Leadership Network to Ukraine from July 28 to Aug. 2.
Keynote speaker Susan Etlinger, data analyst with Altimeter, a Prophet Company and TED speaker focused on big data strategy and principles in ethical data use during Monday's general session at the 2017 World Credit Union Conference in Vienna, Austria.
Credit unions scored critical wins Thursday in the House Appropriations Committee’s markup of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018.