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The number one purpose of any state and national trade association is to engage in an effective advocacy effort on behalf of its membership. Most leagues and national credit union trade groups realize that and are hard at work advocating and protecting credit union interests on every political scene that...

HOUSTON - After 46 years MemberSource Credit Union will open the doors to its first free-standing branch here. Designed by German McCleary, the 25,000-square-foot Westchase location features a full-service lobby on the first floor and administrative and operational departments on the second floor. The retail area of the new facility...

SALT LAKE CITY - Credit unions' booth at the National Conference of State Legislatures' 2004 annual meeting of standing committees was not the largest, nor was it necessarily the flashiest. But that didn't stop legislators and their staff and others among the approximate 5,000 attendees from finding their way to...

LAS VEGAS - Nevada credit unions are grappling this month with an anti-credit union media problem - one "obviously engineered" by the American Bankers Association's incoming chairman and Utah antagonist Harris Simmons, according to Tony Mook, the chairman of the Nevada Credit Union League. "Just like Gepetto is the master...

CLEARWATER, Fla. - More than 80 credit unions logged on to participate in a Web seminar on how to counter card fraud offered by Card Services for Credit Unions and card processor Certegy. CSCU is the association of credit unions that process their card transactions with Certegy. The Web seminar...

MADISON, Wis. - The Internal Revenue Service has received a request to take a broader look at deferred compensation plans using a for-profit model at federally-chartered credit unions. CUNA Mutual Group has acknowledged sending a letter to the IRS requesting the agency to consider a "revenue ruling" letter that would...

ARLINGTON, Va. - NAFCU reported recently that it has added N. Gregory Mankiw, White House Council of Economic Advisors chairman, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Wayne Abernathy to its growing list of officials to take the stage at its 2004 Congressional Caucus. NAFCU has called on former Iowa...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - KC Police Credit Union has kicked off its new headquarters branch by cutting a $200 ribbon of money that was donated to the Police Care Team. To commemorate the event, a plaque that features the names of board and supervisory committee members was unveiled.