ALEXANDRIA, Va.- Federal credit union boards received some good news in this rapidly changing rate environment. In a recent legal opinion letter, NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin amended an earlier opinion letter from NCUA to allow federal credit union boards of directors to delegate their authority to set the...

Kansas Credit Union Association, Wichita, has appointed the following members to its board: Hutchinson CU president Garth Strand, chairman; Fort Leavenworth CU President Bill Hauber, vice chairman; Aviation Associates CU President Lee Williams, secretary/treasurer; David Collins, director; Vickie Hurt, director; and Karen Brehm, director. In addition, KCUA has appointed the...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - For the latest in trinkets, gadgets, gizmos or even fashion attire look no further than your local credit union. According to Promotional Product Business Magazine Editor Lisa Horn, the increased popularity comes from promotional products being upgraded to mirror the quality available in the retail...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Credit Union Commission's unanimous decision May 24 upholding an earlier field-of-membership expansion decision by the director of the state's Division of Credit Unions for Springfield Telephone Employees CU came as no surprise to the credit union nor the Missouri Credit Union System. After all,...

WASHINGTON-Senator James Jeffords (I-Vt.) announced he would leave the Republican party prior to the Memorial Day recess. He would return June 5 officially as an Independent caucusing with the Democrats. The move effectively broke the even split in the Senate to 50-49-1 in favor of the Democrats, and has implications...

Many times, consumers experience a trade-off when they try to find satisfaction through machines: what they gain in convenience they lose with modern-day annoyances that come with the new technology. Today, you can check your savings account balance at any time of the night, but not until having to cope...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's the attitude of Citizens Community FCU here as it begins its second attempt to convert to a mutual savings bank. The second time around should be much easier for the $100 million credit union since the...