PALM DESERT, Calif.--Bill Cheney, president and CEO of SchoolsFirst FCU, has been awarded the Leo H. Shapiro Lifetime Achievement Award by the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues. The award, which recognizes excellence in credit union philosophy and a lifetime of contributions to the credit union industry, was presented during the leagues’ REACH Conference.
SAN DIEGO–USE Credit Union has expanded its relationship with PSCU to include debit and credit processing services.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis.–The winner of the 2021 CUES Exceptional Leader Award has been named.
WASHINGTON–Randal K. Quarles, the first and to date only vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board for Supervision, has announced he plans to retire.
WASHINGTON—CUNA has received additional nominations for its board of directors, for which it has nine open seats. The deadline for nominations and seconds is this week on Nov. 11. In contested elections, voting will begin Nov. 12 and close Dec. 16.
PORTLAND, Ore.–The Northwest Credit Union Foundation and five Portland-area credit unions are partnering with the Urban League of Portland on an initiative designed to advance the financial well-being of Black Oregonians.
SAN FRANCISCO—Stripe has announced it will now allow retailers to add Klarna’s buy now pay later service as a purchasing tool for customers.
YORK and NEWCASTLE, England–A bitcoin company that just announced its first-ever relationship with a credit union has now announced the acquisition of a real-time Bitcoin payments application.
CORNELIA, Ga.–Four more credit unions in four states said they plan to put merger proposals in front of their members in upcoming votes.
WASHINGTON–Credit union representatives on Capitol Hill continue to review the text of the just-passed infrastructure bill in Congress, while keeping an even closer eye on the larger reconciliation bill that is supposed to follow in its wake.
