EVELETH, Minn.-U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) was killed in a plane crash Friday, October 25, less than two weeks before the culmination of a tight campaign race he had been running. Though it is too early to determine the cause of the crash as small planes do not typically have...

WASHINGTON-CUNA and NAFCU were present at the table with all the other key financial services trade associations-including the American Bankers Association, the American Council of Life Insurers, and the Securities Industry Association-during the second meeting of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for (FSSCC). The federal financial services regulatory agencies...

MADISON, Wis. - The National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) issued $94,197 disbursements throughout the third quarter through the Community Investment Fund (CIF), the highest quarter so far in 2002. Each of the 29 participating states receives a pro rata share of the disbursement. The states, in turn, use the funding...

WASHINGTON-As lawmakers scurried out of town October 18 for last minute campaigning in their individual districts, they passed a continuing resolution to last through November 22, quelling the burning question inside the beltway of whether or not a lame duck session would occur. At this point the House is expected...

WASHINGTON-The Treasury Department plans to delay financial institutions' compliance with Patriot Act Section 326 for six months after the date the final regulation is issued, according to reliable sources. An additional three months will be given before enforcement measures are taken, the same sources said. The final regulation was expected...

WASHINGTON-As political races come down to the wire, CUNA's six Credit Union Champions are still facing up hill battles. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) still faces a very tight race, according to CUNA Vice President of Political Affairs Richard Gose, with nemesis Jim Humphreys, who was also her opponent in...

WASHINGTON-Though the so-called "beltway sniper" has terrorized the Washington-metropolitan area for nearly a month now, business must continue as usual. Local credit unions, their trade organizations, and NCUA are no exception. The sniper has claimed 10 lives out of 13 people shot, leaving three wounded, with no end in sight....

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Board Member JoAnn Johnson credited two-way dialogue between the nation's federally insured credit unions and NCUA for a revision to the member business lending appraisal rules by the NCUA Board. Johnson also took partial credit for the open line of communication because of her request that the credit...