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WASHINGTON-For about three quarters now, the Federal Open Market Committee has kept its federal funds target rate at 1%. The Federal Reserve's monetary policy group announced March 16 that it would continue its "accommodative stance of monetary policy, coupled with robust underlying growth in productivity, is providing important ongoing support...

PORTLAND, Ore. - About 65 credit union executives listened closely on March 10 to a discussion of the issues involved in the credit union-to-bank conversion phenomenon at a meeting of the Columbia chapter of the Oregon Credit Union Association. Tony Ward-Smith, a noted credit union consultant, spoke about his experience...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Emerging alert and notification technology will be make it easier for credit unions to reach out to new members and stay in more profitable touch with older ones. Financial Insights analyst Richard J. Bell expects the leading medium to large financial institutions in the country to deploy...

WASHINGTON-CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica has publicly pummeled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Don Powell for stating on more than one occasion that credit unions should be taxed. "There he goes again - Mr. Powell continues to be out of step with the Bush Administration, and out of line...

I wanted to comment on Credit Union Times' coverage of the debate at GAC between Jim Blaine and Ken Fergeson. The "colorful language" you refer to did fly - exclusively from Jim Blaine's mouth. His representation of our industry was immature at best, demonstrating an appalling lack of professionalism and...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Service Plus Credit Union has found a creative way to build community relations while encouraging kids to read. The credit union has learned that a celebration of what would have been the 100th birthday of Theodore Geisel-better known as Dr. Suess proved to be a great opportunity...

FORT WORTH, Texas - EECU is hitting the ice with Central Hockey League's Fort Worth Brahmas. The $520 million CU has been named the official credit union of the professional minor hockey league team. "We are always looking for opportunities to serve the community," said President and CEO Robert Rogers....

NEENAH, Wis. - TransData Services and DigitalMailer Inc. are joining together to offer a check imaging interface to credit unions using TransData's check processing services. Two of Neenah-based TransData's nearly 60 Wisconsin credit union clients - CitizensFirst CU and Parker Community CU - already are using the check imaging interface....