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DENVER - The Colorado/Wyoming Credit Union Leagues have hired the chief lobbyist for Qwest Communications, the Denver telecom firm, to take over its top governmental affairs job. He is Peter Kirchhof, an assistant vice president for Colorado External Affairs at Qwest, and who's also been that company's top lobbyist as...

BOSTON - For the first time ever, corporate credit unions are participating in political conventions, and Association of Corporate Credit Unions Executive Director Mike Canning says so far it's been worth it. Corporates really have two representatives at the Democratic National Convention in Boston - Canning and U.S. Central SVP...

HALES CORNER, Wis. - The $1.5 billion Corporate Central CU said that it has partnered with credit union broker/dealer CU Investment Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a U.S. Central subsidiary. A number of corporates have moved to ISI over the last two years since U.S. Central and CNBS ended a non-compete contract...

BOSTON - As the political tongue wagging and parties rage on in Boston at the Democratic National Convention, representatives from the credit union community are in the thick of it making connections and getting known. CUNA, NAFCU and a number of state leagues hosted and attended several events last week...

WASHINGTON-The federal financial institution regulators issued Bank Secrecy Act procedures for examining banks' customer identification programs last week. The Senate Banking Committee recently held a hearing on what the regulators are doing to prevent terrorist financing under the Bank Secrecy Act. Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which updated...

NEW YORK - The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has released the final form of its two new programs to expand credit unions' work with low-income people and promote alternatives to payday lending. Funded by grants from the Ford and J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, the final grant applications...

DALLAS - Texans Credit Union has become a signature partner of the Frisco Soccer & Entertainment Center. In addition, the credit union will be the title sponsor of the Texans Credit Union Walk of Fame, which will be located in the heart of the facility and will recognize individuals who...

CLEVELAND- Despite a sluggish economy, the Greater Cleveland Fire Fighters Credit Union (GCFFCU) has celebrated the grand opening of its fourth branch complete with bag pipers. Some 200 members attended the grand opening celebration and after a ribbon cutting ceremony which include the melodious sounds of a bag pipe, members...