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PORTLAND, Ore. - In just one year of operation, Hacienda Community Credit Union has become more than just a place where people come to make deposits and obtain loans. "They come to us for the most incredible things," admitted Yolanda Karp, president and chief executive officer. Like the time a...

WASHINGTON-CUNA Assistant General Counsel Jeff Bloch has been working with the organization's Consumer Protection Subcommittee on top priority issues of late, including identity theft guidelines and bounce protection plans. Bloch said the subcommittee would be reviewing NCUA's proposed identity theft guidelines and helping CUNA develop its official comment letter. He...

CEDARPINES PARK, Calif. - The mountain home owned by the president and chief executive officer of the California Credit Union League has survived Southern California's wildfires. "We were very lucky," said David L. Chatfield. "We were very fortunate." At least 14 homes in his small community of Cedarpines Park in...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - When former Banco Popular Security Director Plinio Rodriguez met Nova Comm CEO/Founder Bill Diaz neither knew that they would be laying the groundwork for a new security system for financial institutions. "In 1992 or 93 there was an unusually high rate of bank robberies in...

In reference to Mike Welch's Sept. 17 Column, "Are Matricula Consular Cards Good or Bad?" I offer this perspective: The U.S. Patriot Act says credit unions need to see ID (of any kind of photo identification from any country) and need to know the true identity of the person -...

We've all read recently about proposed legislation to strengthen the regulation of Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs). The increased oversight either by an agency of the Treasury Department or an independent super agency will, we are told, ensure the safety and soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even in the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - A seven-member search committee made up of four NASCUS Regulator Board members and three Council Board members has begun the process of taking applications and evaluating candidates to fill the position of president/CEO of NASCUS. Doug Duerr occupied that position, but he was dismissed on July 29....

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Five credit unions joined the ranks of the federal charter in September, according to NCUA monthly data. Stamford of Connecticut ($49.9 million) and $6.9 million Insurance Services in Region I converted to federal credit unions last month. Additionally, Railroad & Industrial ($133 million) of Tampa also became a federal...