Articles About UICCU/Hawkeye Bank Deal
Iowa CU In Deal To Buy Its Own Bank – Credit Union Journal, January 24, 2003
UICCU Buys Hawkeye State Bank – Press Citizen, January 24, 2003
Bankers Question UICCU Growth – Press Citizen, January 25, 2003
CU In Rare Buy Of Bank; Guess Who’s Howling? – American Banker, January 27, 2003
Regulators Mull CU’s Purchase of Bank – Credit Union Journal, January 28, 2003
Credit Union’s Plan To Buy Bank Raises Host of Issues – Credit Union Journal, February 3, 2003
Family Feud: Bankers And Credit Unions Scrap Again – Des Moines Business Record, February 3, 2003
Banking Groups Up In Arms As UICCU Moves Forward With Bank Purchase – Credit Union Times, February 5, 2003
State Blocks Sale To UICCU – Press Citizen, February 12, 2003
Iowa Regulator Denies Big To Purchase Bank – Credit Union Journal, February 12, 2003
Iowa Blocks Credit Union Agreement to Buy Bank – American Banker, February 13, 2003
CU-Bank Deal Gets Capital Punishment – Credit Union Journal, February 13, 2003
Credit Union Buying Bank – Northwestern Financial Review, February 15, 2003
Iowa Regulator Kills Plan To Buy Bank – Credit Union Journal, February 17, 2003
Citing Capital Concerns, State Rejects Bid by University of Iowa Community CU to Buy Bank – Credit Union Times, February 19, 2003
Acquisition Target In Iowa CU Controversy Bought By Bank – Northwestern Financial Review, June 1, 2003
UICCU Senior VP Leaves To Head Bank Credit Union Tried To Buy – Credit Union Times, July 9, 2003
Iowa City CU Sees Its First Commercial Loan Paying Off – Credit Union Times, July 23, 2003
Articles About IBA Bill to Tax Credit Unions
Iowa’s Bankers Back Bill To Assess Tax On State Charters – Credit Union Journal, February 10, 2003
Iowa Bankers Mobilize On Credit Union Issue – Northwestern Financial Review, March 1, 2003
Mistrust In Iowa – Northwestern Financial Review, March 1, 2003
Iowa Bankers: CUs Can Afford New Tax – Credit Union Journal, March 14, 2003
Pay Out Those Earnings – Northwestern Financial Review, March 15, 2003
Bill To Tax Iowa’s State Charters Continues March – Credit Union Journal, March 17, 2003
Members Take To The Airwaves In Iowa – Credit Union Journal, March 17, 2003
CUs Seek End to Tax Fight In Iowa – Credit Union Journal, March 24, 2003
Iowa Tax Bill Buried – Credit Union Journal, March 28, 2003
Iowa Bill To Tax CUs Likely Dead, League Still Worried – Credit Union Journal, March 31, 2003
Iowa Bankers Rally At Capitol For Credit Union Taxation – Northwestern Financial Review, April 1, 2003
Iowa: CUS And Bankers Show Their Cards – Credit Union Journal, April 2, 2003
Iowa Lawmakers Lay CU Tax Bill To Bed – Credit Union Journal, April 10, 2003
Iowa Bankers: ‘We’ll Be Back’ – Credit Union Journal, April 11, 2003
Hopes Fade For Bill That Would Tax Credit Unions In Iowa – Northwestern Financial Review, April 15, 2003
Iowa Bank In Middle Of CU Tax Battle Sold To New Owner – Credit Union Times, May 14, 2003
Iowa Bankers Contemplate Tax Advantaged Lenders – Northwestern Financial Review, October 15, 2004
Articles About UICCU/Optiva Name Change
Credit Union To Take On New Name – Press Citizen, July 8, 2006
UI Credit Union To Change Name – Press Citizen, September 23, 2006
CU Name Change Draws Ire After A Close Member Vote – Credit Union Journal, November 13, 2006
Iowa Department Of Commerce Rejects Optiva Complaint – Letter from James Forney, Superintendent of Credit Unions, January 8, 2007
Optiva Name Here To Stay – The Gazette, January 24, 2007
UI Credit Union Members To Reconsider Name Change – The Gazette, February 17, 2007
Members Launch Last-Ditch Effort To Stop Name Change – Credit Union Journal, February 19, 2007
Petition To Conduct New Election On The Name Of UICCU – Press Citizen, February 20, 2007
Firm Asks Credit Union To Discard Optiva – The Daily Iowan, February 21, 2007
UICCU Members Get New Vote On Name Change – Credit Union Journal, February 26, 2007
Members To Vote Again On ‘Optiva’ Credit Union Name – Credit Union Times, February 28, 2007
State Regulators To Oversee Credit Union Vote Today – The Gazette, February 28, 2007
Members Have Spoken: UICCU It Is – Press Citizen, March 1, 2007
Credit Union Vote Dumps Optiva – The Daily Iowan, March 1, 2007
UICCU Members Vote To Keep Name, Reject Optiva – Credit Union Journal, March 5, 2007
Members Say No to ‘Optiva,’ UICCU Ready To Move Forward – Credit Union Times, March 14, 2007
‘Optiva’ CU Flap Now Draws Board Challenge Against Three Directors – Credit Union Times, March 28, 2007
Iowa Volunteers Re-Elected, Survive ‘Optiva’ Challenge – Credit Union Times, April 4, 2007
Ogilvy & Mather Exec Blasts ‘Optiva’ Name – Credit Union Times, March 28, 2007
In Member Loss, ‘Optiva’ A Non-Event, Says Iowa CU – Credit Union Times, July 12, 2007
Name Change Attempt Cost $100,000 – Credit Union Times, July 25, 2007
Optiva Name Change Flap Hasn’t Hurt Membership Says CU – Credit Union Times, July 25, 2007
Blogs About UICCU/Optiva Name Change
A collection of 24 separate blog posts by branding consultant Tate Linden of Stokefire.
A collection of 145 separate blog posts by University of Iowa law professor Nicholas Johnson.
Articles About UICCU/University of Iowa Branches
UICCU Closing Offices In IMU, UIHC – Press Citizen, December 13, 2011
UICCU Goes Off Campus – Credit Union Journal, December 13, 2011
UI And UICCU Ended Partnership After Disagreement Over Contract – The Daily Iowan, February 14, 2012
Hills Bank Opens New IMU Branch – Press Citizen, February 14, 2012
UICCU Loses Two Campus Branches To Iowa Bank – Credit Union Times, February 15, 2012
Iowa CU Loses Two Campus Branches – Credit Union Times, February 26, 2012