Clark County Credit Union has named Shannon Hiller as its new chief marketing officer effective Dec. 3, 2018. Credit Union Resources conducted the executive search for the $720 million dollar credit union based in Las Vegas, Nev.  

Credit Union National Association’s National Awards Committee announced the 2018 recipients of the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award, the Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Member Service Award, and the Desjardins Awards for Financial Education. The awards, which are given in several credit union asset sizes, were selected among the winning entries at a league level.

The National Credit Union Administration Board held its tenth open meeting of 2018 at the agency’s headquarters Thursday and unanimously approved two items.

More than half (52 percent) of credit union CEOs are female, according to CUNA research, compared with only 5 percent of commercial bank and 6 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. This is according to a recently released CUNA policy analysis issue brief showing the results of its research into CEO gender.

Cornerstone has received reports from credit unions in Oklahoma and Texas about individuals making fraudulent corporate checks on their accounts. Endurance FCU has reported seeing cashier's checks that appear to be issued from their credit union.

Neches Federal Credit Union was recently honored with five Pinnacle Awards, which recognize outstanding marketing and business development achievements in the credit union industry. 

Dallas-based Resource One Credit Union has announced that Brady Popp has joined the credit union as chief lending officer.

To offer credit unions a clearer picture of the member financial journey, CO-OP Financial Services is offering a free white paper and in-depth report that provides analysis of 2,000 individual journeys experienced by credit union members nationwide.

The 92nd General Assembly regular session will convene on the second Monday of the year, Jan. 14, 2019, and will last for at least 60 days. Under the state Constitution, the legislature may extend it, and in recent decades regular sessions usually last 80 to 90 days.  

On Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. (ET), the NCUA Board will vote to approve its 2019–2020 operating budget. Last month, CUNA testified before the NCUA Board during its open budget briefing. In his testimony, CUNA Chief Economist Mike Schenk applauded the agency’s improved budget process as well as most of the details of the budget proposal. 

NCR has received multiple reports of thefts of cash from 6688 ATMs in North America. Most of the reports have come from Nevada and Texas, but customers should be aware that these thefts can spread and that preventative actions must be taken on all 6688 models.