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RALEIGH, N.C. - State Employees Credit Union is putting its monthly checking maintenance fee of $1 to good use -funding the SECU Foundation. The monthly fee will be considered a charitable contribution by the individual member, who would then be entitled to a tax deduction. Members who object to the...

NAIROBI, Kenya - East African savings and credit co-operatives can go a long way in helping the more than 80% of the population here who rely on agriculture to live. This was the message delivered by WOCCU President/CEO Arthur Arnold at the recent East African Regional SACCOs Association conference here...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.-Urging its members to take a proactive stance against banker attacks and to be diligent in efforts to promote the credit union difference, the New York State Credit Union League (NYSCUL) laid the foundation at its 84th Annual Meeting & Convention for what promises to be an exciting...

In action long sought by CUNA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month proposed that credit unions engaging in certain limited securities activities may also be exempt from registration requirements and related costs as long as such activities are conducted under the terms applicable to the corresponding bank exceptions....

Voulnteer Corporate Credit Union, Nashville, Tenn., has elected the following officers to its board: Robert Arick, chairman; Wanda Mason, vice chairman; David Atkinson, treasurer; Karen Woodall, secretary. In addition, VolCorp CU has elected the following board directors: Wayne Hope, Karen Jordan, Nancy Walker, John Simmonds and Blake Strickland. Lockheed Georgia...

WARREN, Ohio - Experts say the Baby Boomer generation is the one to watch as an estimated $12 trillion is expected to pass to heirs over the next dozen years and Seven Seventeen Credit Union is already seeing signs of the transfer. The $539 million credit union recently announced its...

WASHINGTON - A group of credit union associations recently released the second advertisement in a campaign to counter banker efforts to get credit unions taxed. The so-called "Heroes Ad" features a firefighter, a nurse, a police officer, and a military officer. It asks, "Why do 85 million Americans love their...

Looking back four years ago finds 11 state leagues from the Northwest and Pacific coast areas asking if NCUA is acting within its rulemaking authority as overseer of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. The action by the Member Services Group-as the 11 leagues refer to themselves- is in...