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SAN DIEGO - Despite successes in fending off attacks by the banking industry in state legislatures this year, credit unions need to be prepared to "stop them cold" in the future or face dire consequences, the head of the California/Nevada Credit Union League has warned. "If they (bankers) really get...

WASHINGTON - Bruce Jolly Jr., a leading attorney who has represented credit unions within the federal and state governments including the White House, Congress, the Department of Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and NASCUS, has become a partner in the law firm of Venable LLP, Washington, D.C. one of...

PSCU's security summits have been planned for a while but have taken on a particular urgency in the wake of the revelation of fraud losses and arrests. The firm designed them to provide credit unions with an arsenal of information on how to fight credit card fraud. Three of the...

SAN DIEGO - The California/Nevada Credit Union League on Monday officially kicked off its 2003 annual meeting and convention here. The opening day included a keynote address by Ann Rhoades, who helped launch JetBlue Airways, on "thinking outside the box" to create a "people-centric organization," a tribute to outgoing CUNA...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A new report from the Consumer Federation of America takes dead aim at the study done earlier this year by Florida TaxWatch which raised the issue of whether credit unions' tax exemption could be justified. The conclusion reached by the CFA's report that was written by Dr....

Mike Welch has been involved in the credit union movement for many years. So I was quite surprised by his apparent lack of understanding and appreciation for the job done by league chairmen when Welch concludes in his Oct. 15th column, "51 League Chairmen Like Heinz 57 Varieties" that most...

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. - New Jersey credit union members whose institutions take part in shared branching will have five more locations at which to transact business in early 2004, according to the credit union league. Thanks to three more credit unions signing on to shared branching, the number of locations will...

I enjoyed - as usual - Mike Welch's November 5th column, "Some Credit Union Myths Refuse to Die," and I have to agree 150% about the comments he made regarding the difficulty involved when trying to reach a credit union CEO by telephone at their credit union. It amazes me...