There is currently a major disagreement over whether or not bank holding companies should be permitted to engage in the real estate brokerage business as an extension of their incidental powers. Banks say yes, of course. They justify it by saying things such as: It is merely a logical extension...

As the story on page 1 shows, CU mergers have been plentiful in recent years. Often times when mixed mergers occur (mergers between federal- and state-chartered credit unions), the surviving credit union chooses to maintain the state-charter. Here is a look at the breakdown of state and federal surviving charters...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Pentagon Federal Credit Union's assets just seem to keep on growing. Founded in 1935, PFCU has recently reached the $4 billion milestone. Pentagon Federal CU serves more than 432,000 members worldwide.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA has approved 214 community charter conversions as of March 31, 2001 for federal credit unions under Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement (IRPS) 99-1, as amended by IRPS 00-1 and 01-1, according to recent information released by the agency. Still this number is relatively small compared to the...

KILLARNEY, Ireland - Over 100 Irish credit union leaders who were among the hundreds of delegates attending the World Council of Credit Unions 2001 International Conference and Annual General Meeting watched as one of their own, Gerry Foley, received the jewel of the office as Chairman of WOCCU from out-going...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-According to a letter from Acting NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar, the NCUA Board will consider a much talked about proposal to create a more flexible examination schedule for credit unions. The letter, addressed to NAFCU President and CEO Fred Becker, was in response to an earlier correspondence NAFCU had...

Credit Union Times' onsite coverage of the World Council of Credit Unions' 2001 International Conference and Annual General Meeting was provided by our Overseas Correspondent Donna-Lane Nelson. A native Bostonian, Nelson currently lives in Switzerland. Her most recent credit union employment before relocating overseas was with Digital FCU in Maynard,...

Glad to see Credit Union Times is planning to spend some time reviewing the competitive landscape credit unions face everyday with their new "News of the Competition" regular feature (CU Times, May 30). Frankly, it's about time. I see a strong need need for credit unions to focus on the...