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Credit union CEO happy to help members, employees

If awesome was a crime, we’d be serving life sentences. The quotation is one of scores that are colorfully painted across the 40,000-square-foot headquarters of the Oklahoma Employees Credit Union at 3001 N Lincoln. They’re on the walls. They’re on stair risers. They’re all over. Here’s another one: I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. At the heart of every saying is OECU’s emphasis on providing superior customer service, said Mark Kelly, president and CEO.

Adjust the rules to help consumers: Second Look

The goals of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are admirable. But the one-size-fits-all regulatory environment brought about by its single-director structure just isn’t working. Creating a commission of multiple voices to lead the bureau would allow it to function in the best interests of consumers.

LETTER: Credit unions need more support

What is the banking lobby afraid of? The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has adopted new rules that will allow credit unions to do what we do best — help groups of individuals to pool their savings to provide each other safe and affordable credit, particularly where banks are unwilling or unable. In practice, this […]