SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Senate passed by a vote of 22 to 12 a bill introduced by state Assembly member Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) that would ban predatory lending statewide. At press time, the state Assembly was expected to vote on A.B. 489 on Sept. 11 or 12. A.B....
WASHINGTON-While President George W. Bush came across America's television screen on the night of the attack proclaiming that Washington would be business as usual the following day, it wasn't. While the Federal Reserve remained open following the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center offering liquidity through the...
Dupaco Community Credit Union, Dubuque, Iowa, has awarded $500 scholarships to five high school seniors. The Tri-State-Area College Scholarship winners are selected based on their academic achievements, extracurricular involvement and interest in the pursuit of an advanced degree. In addition, the graduating seniors must attend any one of seven Tri-state-area...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -NCUA activated its disaster relief policy Sept. 12, following the terrorist attacks to assist credit unions and their members in New York City and Arlington County, Va. NCUA reassured federal credit unions that examiners and staff from the affected regions are in close contact with the affected local...
SALT LAKE CITY - It will be a kind of "credit union welcome mat" that greets the 110,000 visitors who come trouping through the Salt Lake City International Airport next February for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Relying on the notion that `first impressions count,' a CU coalition here, which holds...
At press time, a number of scheduled credit union events were being cancelled due to the terrorist attacks. This list is by no means complete as information was coming in sporadically at press time. * SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The annual meeting of the Combined Council of Automotive Credit Unions, scheduled...
URBANA, Ill. - When Canaan Missionary Baptist Church opens its new credit union next month, Rev. B.J. Tatum is hoping some parishioners and residents will reconsider how they save money and where they turn to for loans. The 24-year old church has done its best over the years to move...
ARLINGTON, Va. - Mary Martha Fortney likes to quip that her one claim to fame is that she comes from the same small city in upstate New York - Jamestown - that Lucille Ball was from. Fortney, NASCUS' Vice President of Government Affairs can add to that list of prestigious...
NEW YORK - With the sun shining brightly in Times Square last Tuesday, it was hard to reconcile the devastation that occurred in lower Manhattan earlier that morning when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. "This is an emotional time and it is almost surreal," said Actors Federal...
CHICAGO -United Airlines Employees CU President/CEO Bob Bream has a bird's-eye view of the O'Hare Airport tarmac from his office at the CU's headquarters, but there wasn't much to see on the day of and the day following the terrorist attacks. "My office really overlooks O'Hare. We're in the flight...