At press time, a number of scheduled credit union events were being cancelled due to the terrorist attacks. This list is by no means complete as information was coming in sporadically at press time. * SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The annual meeting of the Combined Council of Automotive Credit Unions, scheduled...

WASHINGTON-Still in shock over the commercial jetliner crashes that eventually toppled the World Trade Center and careened into the west side of the Pentagon building on September 11, at press time the credit union trade associations, leagues, and NCUA scurried about to gather information and offer assistance to those inside...

In today's fast-paced society, writing a check, or standing behind someone who is, has become a frustrating and time-consuming task. More than ever, consumers are turning to debit cards for a wide variety of goods and services that have traditionally been purchased with checks or cash. In fact, debit card...

TUKWILA, Wash. - Claiming it had no alternative because of NCUA's lack of response to the findings of an independent study it commissioned and released in June on the overhead transfer rate, Boeing Employees' Credit Union Sept. 7 filed a petition with NCUA proposing that NCUA conduct a notice and...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just two days following the terrorist attacks, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in neighboring Arlington, Va., the NCUA Board meeting went on as scheduled but with a few tweaks to security, according to acting NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar. He said that around 10 a.m. on the...

URBANA, Ill. - When Canaan Missionary Baptist Church opens its new credit union next month, Rev. B.J. Tatum is hoping some parishioners and residents will reconsider how they save money and where they turn to for loans. The 24-year old church has done its best over the years to move...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Mary Martha Fortney likes to quip that her one claim to fame is that she comes from the same small city in upstate New York - Jamestown - that Lucille Ball was from. Fortney, NASCUS' Vice President of Government Affairs can add to that list of prestigious...

Any one involved with credit unions knows that one of the favorite activities of the banking industry is to crab long, loud, and consistently about credit unions. Every move by an individual credit union (new product, service, marketing campaign, facility, etc.), or a CU regulator (changes in CU membership qualifications,...