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ARLINGTON, Va. - Just how essential is it to issue credit cards? Whether issued on their own or through an agent relationship with a card issuing bank, credit cards are generally considered essential items in a competitive credit union's product mix. But three credit unions with more than $500 million...

The credit union selected Genesys Meeting Center, an integrated Web and voice conferencing service designed to bring some 100 people together in a fully interactive environment. "With a membership that is spread across 10 countries and throughout the United States, we were looking for a better and cost effective way...

WASHINGTON-CUNA submitted an official comment letter with the Federal Reserve recently commenting on possible amendments to Community Reinvestment Act regulations. In the Feb. 6 Federal Register, the Federal Reserve published a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would ease reporting requirements for "small institutions" by changing their definition under CRA....

WASHINGTON - Credit unions seem to be the perfect match for Small Business Administration loans, but the SBA is learning that credit unions are not ones to jump on new things. When SBA opened its lending programs to all credit unions Feb. 14, 2003, credit unions did not swarm upon...

MADISON, Wis. - Officials from Bolivia's Superintendency of Banks recently got a hands-on experience of Ohio's credit union system and the corporate network thanks to the WOCCU's People to People Partnership. The Partnership, also formed by WOCCU-Bolivia, the Ohio Credit Union League and Corporate One Federal Credit Union, welcomed Efrain...

WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush has signed into law a bill boosting the Small Business Administration's lending authority for the remainder of the 2004 fiscal year. "The President's action today will allow the SBA and small businesses the opportunity to get down to the business of financing growth and creating jobs...

I want, and in fact must, take issue with the embarassingly "bank-friendly" letters which your March 24th and 31st issues ran. Who the hell are these credit union executives who "rail" against the truth? I noticed not one opinion from a credit union volunteer. All the paid executives apparently felt...

More than 8,000 well-trained, dedicated runners braved less than desirable weather April 4 to run in the 32nd annual Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run. NAFCU Chairman Diane Furnas (left), president/CEO, Southwest Airlines FCU, and CUNA Chair Dick Ensweiler, CEO of the Texas Credit Union League, held the tape for...