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WASHINGTON-The American Bankers Association is trying a new tactic in winning people to their side in the credit union versus banker battle: making them laugh. In a recent column on www.aba.com, American Bankers Association Senior Economist Keith Leggett borrowed from Jeff Foxworthy's famous "you might be a red neck if."...

White Crown Federal Credit Union, Denver, Colo., has donated more than $8,000 to Urban Peak, a nonprofit agency that provides services to homelss youth and those in at-risk situations. Urban Peak provides such services as overnight shelter, healthcare, education, evening cultural arts activities and job placement. Funds were raised through...

ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU is certainly `Raising the Stakes' with the evening entertainment it has booked for its annual conference in Las Vegas this summer. Cline Dion's "A New Day." one of the most popular shows in Las Vegas, will serve as Friday evening's entertainment for the conference July 13-16 at the...

MOLINE, Ill. - Should the day ever come, the staff at Deere & Company Credit Union will know what to do if a tornado renders useless the credit union's sole office. That was the scenario the $203 million credit union chose as its test case when it recently reviewed the...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Members being serviced by CUBS Business Services will soon have a more streamlined lending process thanks to a recent alliance. The CUSO partnered with Bankers Systems, Inc. to bring business lending documentation to its credit union clients. CUBS Business Services was founded in 2004 to meet...

WASHINGTON-Bankers put their own feet in their mouths; CUNA just exploits it. It may seem illogical, but the more banks achieve for themselves on Capitol Hill, the better off credit unions may be. "We don't go up to Capitol Hill and say we're opposed to lessening the burden on banks...

WASHINGTON-The Credit Union Legislative Action Committee of CUNA contributed to a number of different party committees in January. CULAC gave $15,000 each to the Republican Governors Association, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Republican National...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The Washington Credit Union League has a multiple tier membership system it says takes into consideration the unique relationships the League has with out-of-state credit unions and others involved with the movement and allows them to belong to WCUL. In addition to regular affiliated dues-paying league...