ALEXANDRIA, Va.—On the heels of a scam in which fraudsters mimicked elements of NCUA’s website, the agency is now alerting consumers about an alleged texting scam that uses one of the agency’s phone lines.
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WASHINGTON—The House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property & the Internet will hold a hearing today on patent reform, an issue of concern to credit unions that have found themselves on the defendant end of lawsuits by patent trolls.
MADISON, Wis.– The CUES board has named Dawn Poker, SVP/chief sales & member relations officer, as its interim CEO. Poker will step in to fill a position vacated by the resignation of CUES’ President/CEO Chuck Fagan, who is leaving to take over as CEO at PSCU.
DES MOINES, Iowa—Credit unions in this state enjoyed a strong 2014, according to the Iowa CU League.
DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa consumers anticipate receiving about the same tax refund in 2015 as in 2014 and most plan to put it in savings, according to a recent survey by the Iowa Credit Union League (ICUL).
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—Truliant FCU is planning a significant move into the Charlotte, N.C. market, where it is seeking to open 10 branch offices by the end of 2015.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala./TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—For the third year in a row, the League of Southeastern Credit Unions is rebating dues to its member CUs.
LYNCHBURG, Va.—Teresa Wieringo Humphries, a former teller at the now-defunct Lynrocten Federal Credit Union who was involved in a scheme that cost the CU more than $12 million, has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison. Humphries pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement.
LEWISTON, Maine—After 44 years, Phil Moreau will no longer preside over Rainbow FCU’s annual meetings here.
ESCANABA, Mich.—For the second consecutive year Delta County CU paid a special patronage dividend that it calls “Gividends.”