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"Everyone here at the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors (ACUIA) are experiencing a range of emotions from the tragic events that occurred on September 11th. Some of us have experienced relief, particularly in the New York and Washington D.C. areas, knowing that loved-ones, friends, and colleagues are accounted for....

ALBANY, N.Y. - Acting as clearinghouses for the nation's credit unions, corporate credit unions were on high alert on the day of the attacks for any shutdowns of the Federal Reserve Banks or the Fedline system that might cause delays in processing wires, funds transfers, item processing, ACH and other...

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...

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...

WASHINGTON-Credit Union House is awaiting its grand entrance-or entrants, from the building's perspective-into the credit union community, according to Credit Union House Manager Kyle Noble. A ribbon cutting ceremony was originally scheduled to take place September 11, but it was postponed due to the bombing of the Pentagon and subsequent...

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...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In preparation for her departure from the NCUA Board, Board Member Yolanda Wheat has traded in her home in McLean, Va. for a condominium in nearby Crystal City. Wheat has maintained two homes, one in Missouri for the past 11 years and one in the Washington-area, since her husband,...

"I don't think this is something that's going to drag us into a recession. I think we're going to come out of this OK." - NAFCU economist Jeff Taylor on the effects the attacks may have on the U.S. economy. "We've been through the bombing of the World Trade Center...