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Mike Welch's column in the Nov. 6, 2002 issue ("Time for credit union marketers to refocus") was of great interest to me. As a credit union marketer with 23 years of experience, I too, have seen many changes in how marketing is perceived in our industry. I agree with Welch...

WASHINGTON - Officials with the District of Columbia Government and the U.S. Postal Service expressed hope that they will have successfully cleared a major postal facility of any lingering anthrax spores. The $19 million Washington Postal Employees FCU has been unable to access its headquarters inside the facility since October...

WASHINGTON - The Fair Credit Reporting Act has created cost and time decisioning efficiencies that have helped make auto and mortgage loan application processing quick and inexpensive for consumers. But that system could be threatened if proposed legislative changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act are enacted in 2003 and...

HALES CORNER, Wis. - With more corporate credit unions having the mantra of grow or die, corporates are likely to see more of each other in FOMs once dedicated solely to one corporate. It looks like that's starting to happen in Minnesota. Corporate Central Credit Union (formerly Wisconsin Corporate Central...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Board Member Deborah Matz charged some of the agency's top executives during the December board meeting with strengthening examination procedures aimed at preventing safety and soundness threats from unregistered broker-dealers. More than 100 credit unions were affected when the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Bentley Financial Services, Inc....

WASHINGTON - As good a tool as Automated Underwriting systems are for the mortgage approval process, using AU and a credit-scoring matrix that depends on inconsistent data from the major credit reporting repositories, hurts consumers and jeopardizes their chances of being approved for credit, insurance, or utilities. The National Credit...

WASHINGTON-Credit unions are getting to know an old friend all over again. CUNA recently met with Wayne Abernathy in his new post as Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions. He previously served as the Senate Banking Committee's Republican chief of staff and had been on retiring Senator Phil Gramm's (R-Texas)...

Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Media, Pa., has named its Chadds Ford office Branch of the Year. The branch was recognized for surpassing all goals set for 2002 and being the first branch to reach nearly $1 million in investments with Members Mutual Company, LLC. Cabrillo Credit Union, San Diego,...