ARLINGTON, Va.-How many people with a master's degree in political science from George Washington University can say they have starred in a beer commercial and lectured to journalists and journalism professors on U.S. lobbying tactics? Been an elevator escort in the same year as he held the position of U.S....
WASHINGTON-Congressman John LaFalce (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), sent a letter September 18 urging President George W. Bush to take bolder, international steps to combat money laundering regarding the role of money laundering in financing terrorist acts. The lawmakers have introduced the...
Coverage in Credit Union Times of recent comments made by various individuals about the CUNA Renaissance Commission and its recommendations prompts me to share my views (especially story entitled "McDonnell blasts some Renaissance recommendations," CU Times, Aug. 22). The commission's efforts seem to have been comprehensive, inclusive, deliberate, and thoughtful....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Credit Union 24 has entered into a sharing relationship with the EDS-owned ACCEL/Northwest Exchange Network. The arrangement will expand CU24's reach in the West and Canada, as its credit unions will have access to over 6,000 Northwest Exchange ATMs. The ACCEL POS network has over 60,000 merchant locations...
LAS VEGAS - While a number of major conferences were canceled in the wake of Sept. 11's terrorist attacks, some did go on, including CU Conferences' Directors Roundtable in Las Vegas where a patriotic director led attendees through a moment of silence, the "Pledge of Allegiance, and "A Toast To...
OAKBROOK, Ill. - In a bid to bolster their functionality as member-relationship management (MRM) tools, Raddon Financial Group has added the ability to track checking account activity into several of its products. The expanded capability was added to Raddon's MCIF system, named iNTEGRATOR, and its profitability analysis program (which it...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked credit unions, banks, and others in the financial services industry to search their databases for information connected to the hijackers that toppled the World Trade Center (WTC), demolished a section of the Pentagon as well as crashed a plane in Stony Creek...
ALEXANDRIA-NCUA wrote the Federal Communications Commission in response to their questions regarding updating and revising An Interpretive Guide to the Government in the Sunshine Act, published in 1978. First, NCUA said the law should not constrain informal discussion of agency matters among board members. Under the Sunshine Act, a meeting...
PERTH, Australia and CLONMEL, Ireland - Hungry? Too busy to shop? StateWest Credit Union members have an advantage. They can do their grocery shopping at the same time they check out their credit union's Web site. On-line grocery shopping may not be unusual, but the convenience of doing it from...