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WASHINGTON-Daniel Glaser is the new deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TF/FC), Treasury Secretary John Snow recently announced. "Danny has been a critical player in establishing important anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing policies over the past several years. He has well-represented the United States...

To better serve their members and give expanding staffs room to work, more and more credit unions are finding the need to build completely new headquarters buildings, new branches, and new administrative centers. Or, to remodel and enlarge existing facilities. The usual starting point before undertaking such extensive and costly...

Nothing like having the whole gang together when signing an important data processing contract. USERS President John Schooler (foreground, left and SCE FCU President/CEO Dennis Huber (foreground, right) proudly show off the deposit check for their newly signed deal at USERS' EdCon 2004 in Huntington Beach, California with members of...

In the "Credit Unions, Banks Granted March 2005 Deadline for SEC Broker Reg Compliance" news brief in the Nov. 10 issue, it was incorrectly reported that an SEC deadline was extended to March 31, 2005 for credit unions and banks to comply with broker registration requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...

WASHINGTON - As part of its continuing effort to enable more Latinos and African Americans to become homeowners, Freddie Mac has launched a new campaign targeted at debunking common misconceptions about homeowners which the housing Government Sponsored Enterprise says are stopping financially able families from even considering buying a home....

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa USA had begun taking steps to try to fight its way in to the utility payments market, a space in which consumers are quickly moving away from using checks but where many consumers have not yet settled on another favored payment method. Visa has also been...

How can credit unions enjoy the greatest benefits from Check 21? That's the question facing our industry now that Oct. 28 has come and gone. Last summer, hardware manufacturers, image exchange networks and service bureaus flooded the media with visions of the future. Seminars explained substitute checks and expedited re-crediting,...

WASHINGTON - Home-based businesses and "university spin-offs" were some of the fastest growing and best known small businesses in 2003. According to a just-released federal government study from the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration titled The Small Business Economy, 2004, small businesses led the way in...