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Business Wire
30-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Credit Union of Texas Achieves Nearly 10% Enrollment with Spiral in Just 60 Days
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Credit Union of Texas (CUTX) has always been committed to helping its members save effortlessly while giving back to their communities. For five years, CUTX's Save the Change program allowed members to round up their debit card purchases and automatically transfer the spare change into their savings accounts or make charitable contributions to the CUTX Foundation. However, the program required in-branch enrollment with limited accessibility and high internal resources. "The response from our members has been phenomenal," said Pointer. "The combination of effortless enrollment, a rewarding savings experience, and the ability to give back has made Save the Change more popular than ever." Share That all changed when CUTX partnered with Spiral to elevate the experience for members. By migrating Save the Change to Spiral's Roundup Center, CUTX members could enroll and personalize their experience seamlessly through their online banking account — anytime, anywhere. "By leveraging the innovative Spiral platform, we enhanced our Save the Change program, enabling members to track their savings in real-time and easily support meaningful local causes," said Eric Pointer, President & CEO at CUTX. "This seamless solution helps our members grow their savings while making a positive impact in the communities we serve." After migrating the program, CUTX saw an unprecedented surge in adoption and engagement, doubling the program's enrollment in just two months. Nearly 10% of CUTX's online banking members signed up through Spiral's Roundup Center within this short timeframe. Today, over 13% of members use Spiral daily, with more than 700,000 roundup transactions processed to date. The program has also driven a 53% enrollment rate through the digital widget and generated over 100 requests for new savings accounts, demonstrating strong demand and interest. The transition to Spiral not only simplified enrollment but also introduced additional features, like real-time savings tracking, an innovative user experience, and the ability for members to effortlessly support charitable causes of their choice, creating a more personalized and fulfilling experience for members. "The response from our members has been phenomenal," said Pointer. "The combination of effortless enrollment, a rewarding savings experience, and the ability to give back has made Save the Change more popular than ever. Spiral's innovation and seamless migration made this possible in record time." CUTX successfully transitioned its long-standing program into a modern, member-friendly experience, resulting in rapid adoption, stronger engagement, and more members saving and giving back than ever before. So far, Spiral has powered over 1 million savings transactions for account holders across the country while initiating thousands of donations made to local causes and communities. To learn more, read the full story here. About Spiral Headquartered in New York City, Spiral is the award-winning platform that helps credit unions and banks grow deposits and build deeper relationships that boost retention and loans through personalized banking experiences. With Spiral, financial institutions can empower their account holders to achieve financial freedom and easily support their communities through any online bank account, debit card, or credit card. Thus, Spiral makes it simple for financial institutions to drive positive change and empower millions of people to build better lives. Spiral is backed by Team8, Euclidean Capital, Intuition Fund, Communitas Capital, Phoenix, Nidoco AB, MTVO, Curql, ICBA, and more. To learn more, visit For almost 100 years, Credit Union of Texas (CUTX) has provided financial services to members throughout North Texas and its growing number of locations in East Texas. Living out its vision to deliver an unexpected experience, CUTX has grown to over $2.5 billion in assets. Most Texas residents may qualify for membership. Recently, CUTX was recognized with the Communities Foundation of Texas 'Be in Good Company' Seal of Excellence, voted the Best Credit Union in DFW by the readers of The Dallas Morning News, and named the winner of the Torch Awards for Ethics from both the Better Business Bureau Serving North Central Texas and the International Association of Better Business Bureaus. For more information about CUTX, visit
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
No ruff edges as Abilene Kennel Club Dog Show trots into Expo Center
The Taylor County Expo Center hosted the annual Abilene Kennel Club Dog Show over the weekend. Over 700 dogs representing more than 130 registered American Kennel Club breeds competed in three different shows from Friday to Sunday. All three days offered free admission to spectators where a new Best of Show was chosen each day. Activities were held in the Taylor County Coliseum and the Expo Center's Display Building. Dogs and handlers competed for points and titles in the dog show or conformation events, as well as performance events where obedience was evaluated using an obstacle course and other challenges. Reported by the Abilene Kennel Club, Friday's Best in Show was a Boxer, handled by Michael Shepherd of Flower Mound while the Reserve Best in Show was a Pointer, handled by Dennis Brown from Nebraska. Saturday's Best in Show was a Pointer handled by Brown while Reserve was a Bichon Frise also handled by Brown. Sunday's Best in show was a bulldog from Livingston handled by Dennis O'Connor with Reserve a Nebraska pointer again handled by Brown. This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: No ruff edges as Abilene Kennel Club Dog Show trots into Expo Center
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
St. Louis County woman sentenced for producing child pornography involving toddler
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County woman appeared in federal court Tuesday to be sentenced for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving a toddler. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Raven A. Pointer, 27, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of production of child pornography. Pointer admitted coercing the toddler in 2022 into engaging in sexual conduct and using her phone to produce videos involving the child on six different occasions. In August 2023, agents with the Department of Homeland Security learned that a man in Montgomery, Alabama, was distributing child sexual abuse material. Agents learned he had also been communicating with a woman, later identified as Pointer. Father charged after 11-year-old killed in accidental shooting Phone records later confirmed he received a video from Pointer that contained child sexual abuse materials. Investigators matched details in the videos to her and the location where the videos had been filmed. Following her arrest, prosecutors said Pointer attempted to contact the victim and berated the victim's father for seeking restitution in the case. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Pointer to 25 years in federal prison and ordered her to pay $15,000 in restitution. Upon her release, Pointer will be on supervised release for the remainder of her life. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 2.
Epoch Times
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
Priscilla Pointer, Actress Known for ‘Carrie,' ‘Dallas' Dies at 100
Priscilla Pointer, a stage and film actress known for starring in the seminal horror film 'Carrie' and CBS's hit soap opera 'Dallas,' has died just a few weeks shy of her 101st birthday. Pointer died peacefully in her sleep on April 28, her daughter, Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving, confirmed via Instagram on Tuesday. 'She most definitely will be missed,' said Irving, who is also a singer. Born on May 18, 1924, in New York City, Pointer's indelible acting career lasted for six decades. The actress starred in more than a dozen productions on Broadway, including the original tour of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' which opened in 1947. That same year, Pointer married director Jules Irving, who died in 1979 at the age of 54. The former couple had three children: screenwriter David Irving, 75; singer Katie Irving, 74; and Amy Irving, 71. Related Stories 4/29/2025 4/29/2025 Pointer also helmed the stage in 'The Alchemist' (1966), 'Yerma' (1966), and 'Camino Real' (1970), as well as the 1973 revival of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' The actress and her first husband co-founded the San Francisco Actor's Workshop in 1952. Two years later, the actress made her television debut in the syndicated adventure series 'The New Adventures of China Smith,' going on to appear in a number of other shows, including 'The Rockford Files,' 'Kojak,' 'Barnaby Jones,' 'Knots Landing,' 'Dallas,' 'Quincy, M.E.,' 'St. Elsewhere,' 'ER,' and 'Cold Case.' In 1976, Pointer landed a supporting role in 'Carrie,' playing Mrs. Snell, the mother of Sue Snell, a character that was portrayed by her daughter, Amy Irving. Her other film credits include 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' (1983), 'Blue Velvet' (1986), 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors' (1987), and 'Inferno' (1999). Following the death of her first husband, Pointer married actor Robert Symonds in 1980. Symonds died in 2007 at the age of 80. The actress is survived by her three children, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her grandson Gabriel Barreto—the son of Amy Irving—shared a touching 'She will be missed by so many,' the 34-year-old added. Actress Victoria Principal, 75, also paid homage to Pointer, who played her onscreen mother in 'Dallas.' 'Priscilla Pointer, my favorite TV mama & a wonderful woman, passed away today,' Principal
American Military News
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- American Military News
Priscilla Pointer, ‘Dallas' and ‘Carrie' actor and mom to Oscar nominee Amy Irving, dies at 100
Priscilla Pointer, a stage actor perhaps best known for roles in the movie 'Carrie' and TV's 'Dallas,' died Monday, her family confirmed. The mother of Oscar-nominated actor Amy Irving, Pointer was 100 years old. She 'died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs,' the 'Crossing Delancey' star said Tuesday on social media. 'She most definitely will be missed.' For 44 episodes of CBS' series 'Dallas,' Pointer played Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Pamela and Cliff's mother and the head of a rival oil family. In the 1976 movie 'Carrie' she played Mrs. Snell, mother to Sue Snell, who was played by her daughter Amy. She was just shy of her 101st birthday, according to a family statement obtained by The Times. 'Priscilla had a long acting career. She met her first husband Jules Irving in Europe just after WWII in an army production of 'Brother Rat,'' the statement said. 'They returned to the U.S. and formed the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco. The company eventually took over the Vivian Beaumont Theater in NYC.' Pointer, who was born in New York City on May 18, 1924, began her stage career in the city the 1940s. She was was married to Irving from 1947 until his death in 1979, moving out west with him after the war. They returned to New York City as the San Francisco troupe was winding down and Irving served as artistic director of Manhattan's Lincoln Center from 1965 to 1972. The couple moved to Southern California after he retired, settling down in Santa Monica. After her first husband died, Pointer married Robert Symonds. The two knew each other from San Francisco, and Symonds had moved to New York from California to work as Irving's associate director at the Lincoln Center. Symonds recalled meeting Pointer for the first time at the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco, where she was 'sitting at a desk typing a letter,' he told The Times in 1997. 'I remember she was very, very pretty.' Former Times staff writer Daryl H. Miller dubbed Pointer a 'natural beauty.' 'Whether hunkered on the floor petting a dog or sitting pertly on a couch,' he wrote, 'she is regal yet casual, arresting yet homespun.' Amy Irving told The Times in 1997 that her mother and Symonds were 'unbelievably well-suited' as a couple. 'I know my mom and dad were deeply in love with each other, but Mom and Bob have so much in common,' she said. 'There's such harmony in their lives, a really nice balance. They spark each other.' The couple's joint projects included the 1984 Blake Edwards film 'Micki & Maude,' in which they played Ann Reinking's parents, and the 1993 South Coast Repertory production of 'Morning's at Seven,' in which they played brother- and sister-in-law.'First Love' at the Odyssey Theater in 2003 and the 2000 production of Athol Fugard's 'Road to Mecca' at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood were also twofer shows. When Pointer and Symonds worked together on the 1997 production of 'Fighting Over Beverly,' also at the Fountain, they rehearsed at home and carpooled across town to the theater, but their characters weren't supposed to have seen each other in 50 years. 'That really requires acting,' Pointer told The Times, 'because instead of having known him for 43 years, I have to pretend — and so does he — that we haven't seen each other since we were 18.' 'The unflappable Pointer sails above the general mayhem with a ladylike aplomb that makes her subsequent emotional epiphany all the more moving,' The Times wrote about Pointer's performance in that show. Amy Irving told The Times in 2007, 'I grew up watching my dad directing Mom and Bob in the leads of plays, and the three of them were best friends. That was where I began to develop my passion for acting and learn how to do it.' Pointer went solo in shows including 'At Long Last Leo' at South Coast Repertory in 1988 and the 1985 movie 'The Falcon and the Snowman,' amassing close to 100 film and TV credits between 1954 and 2014. After Symonds died in 2007 from complications of prostate cancer, Pointer kept performing, including a 2017 role in 'Night and Dreams: A Schubert & Beckett Recital' at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where she played one of the amusing old ladies of Beckett's 'Come and Go.' The women each whispered something about another, then launched into 'Lachen und Weinen,' Schubert's song about laughter being a lover's defense against tears. Pointer is survived by her three children from her first marriage, David, Katie and Amy, and many grandchildren. ___ © 2025 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
