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WASHINGTON-Ellen Seidman announced her resignation from the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) last week, effective upon the confirmation and appointment of her replacement. "The agency, weak when I was appointed in October 1997 because of a five-year lack of a confirmed Director and constant concern over its...

* mutual funds & securities - 27% * cash-value insurance products (investment management accounts, trusts) less than - 10% (includes non-members) Use of retirement products by CU members * some form of retirement account - 6% * 401K - 49% * traditional IRAs - 45% * Roth IRAs - 10%...

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - If it happens, the credit union will just have to change its focus, says Joseph Cirelli, president/CEO of the $564 million US Airways FCU here. Cirelli is of course talking about the possibility of US Airways ceasing operations and selling off its assets. That is now...

At 112 pages, the July 11, 2001 issue of Credit Union Times has set a new record for the number of pages in a single weekly issue. This issue will be distributed at the 2001 NAFCU Annual Conference and Exhibition. Interestingly, many of the issues in this publication's first year...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group says it wants credit unions to think "strategic business partner" when they think of CUNA Mutual Group - a task that may be easier said than done. CUNA Mutual Group set out last fall to find out if it was at the strategic business...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Janet Miller, the first woman to chair CUNA and the first woman to chair the Colorado Credit Union System, passed away Sunday, June 24 from cancer. Miller's credit union career began in 1959 at the Air Academy FCU, Colorado Springs as a part-time typist. Over the...

DENVER - Six credit unions and the Colorado Credit Union League (CCUL) are in the final stages of forming a trust company that could potentially reach 440,000 members who account for $3.5 billion in deposit assets. ENT Federal Credit Union, Bellco Credit Union, University of Colorado Federal Credit Union, Public...

An article in the May 16 issue of Credit Union Times, "Should you sell your credit card portfolio," offered some "good reasons" for selling a credit card portfolio. The suggested "good reasons" were given by a credit card portfolio sales broker. While every business decision a credit union faces has...