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WASHINGTON-Following the release of NCUA's response to a recent General Accounting Office study on the state of the credit union community and its regulator, the Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement expressing dissatisfaction with NCUA's letter. "Once again, the NCUA and the credit union industry seem to be...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Credit unions interested in fresh ideas for their marketing campaigns may want to consider plugging into their communities . Whether as a thank you or simply as a creative way to connect with members, some credit unions are looking to showcase their members' talent in...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar offered a few small modifications but overall resoundingly endorsed the Credit Union Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 3579) in a letter responding to its authors' request for the agency's point of view. "We certainly recognize the need for ongoing modernization and clarifications of the Act and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The majority of 401(k) participants are clueless when it comes to the amount they contribute to their retirement plans but the majority of plan sponsors feel more, ongoing education updates could help the uninformed. This, according to a new survey from ICC Plan Solutions, a provider of...

WASHINGTON - More than 100 trade groups and other retirement plan advocates voiced their concerns with an SEC proposal that would require mutual fund investment requests be submitted to the fund by its closing time, typically 4:00 p.m. The groups are worried the SEC proposal would force sponsors to "cut...

GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Open Solutions Inc. is offering credit unions its Channel Management Center (CMC), a suite of software tools that allow disparate systems to communicate and open the door to a quicker, deeper knowledge of member transactions and relationships, the company says. Using industry standards for data transfer such...

I applaud the folks who are standing up for the members of Columbia Community Credit Union and any other credit union whose board wishes to convert to a mutual stock owned bank. If it is not a get rich quick scheme by the board, I would challenge each and every...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Empire Corporate has made free Check 21 information available on its Web site (www.empirecorp.org), and credit unions are eating it up. The corporate announced that since Nov. 5 when it posted the information, it has been accessed approximately 1,100 times. The materials available include the following: *A...