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ARLINGTON, Va. - Although CUNA Mutual estimates that the incidence of robbery at the nation's credit unions will be lower this year than in recent years, a credit union somewhere in the country is still robbed almost every day, and some individual robberies are so tragic that they raise the...

WILSONVILLE, Ore. - Georgene Arbon, CEO of the $12.5 million Rite Choice FCU here, admits she doesn't mind being called a vocal or an opinionated advocate for small credit unions in the Northwest, many of which she contends are engaged in a constant struggle for survival coping with meager and/or...

NEENAH, Wis. - Ever since it was formed three years ago, Business Lending Group has been content to be a small, regional company. That strategy hasn't changed even though the CUSO that was formed three years ago to provide business lending services to the members of three credit unions has...

NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar answers lawmakers inquiries into PCA. See page 4.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It's being called pragmatic and requires "significant commitment" by management, but the Alabama Credit Union League maintains its two-year-old program to revitalize small CUs is bringing results. "We had one of our credit unions with negative growth that started out about to be merged and now has...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Power outages like those experienced in the Midwest and Northeast on August 14 may have many credit unions running out to buy generators, but facility experts advise caution. "The moral to draw from the recent blackouts is what expense a credit union wants to incur,"...

MADISON, Wis. - While convenience, particularly office location, is the factor cited most often by consumers in selecting a checking provider, credit union members want more. A recent Filene Research Institute study titled Marketing Checking Accounts to Members: A Guide for CUs finds that households with checking services only at...

DURHAM, N. C. - Experts agree that the earlier credit unions tap into the youth market the better. The Latino Community Credit Union is doing its part to help local kids and teens become more financially savvy by recently launching two new savings accounts- the Children's Account, for those up...