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ELGIN, Ill. - Nearly a month after the Church of the Brethren Credit Union received regulator approval to expand its charter to more than 135,000 parishioners nationwide, talks are underway to launch a CUSO that will offer socially responsible investments. The CUSO will follow the lead of the Brethren Benefit...

ECORSE, Mich. - Another credit union has taken the step of installing technology at one of its ATMs that will enable cardholders to call for help via the 911 network, furthering the debate over whether ATM deployers should seek to assist machine users who might be in trouble. Michael Chmiel,...

Looking back four years ago finds NCUA Board Member Dennis Dollar's much anticipated Regulatory Flexibility and Exemption Program making its debut. Despite reservations by NCUA Board Chair Norman D'Amours over the advance notice of proposed rulemaking that would relieve FCU's of regulatory restriction in six distinct areas, Reg-Flex was given...

SALT LAKE CITY - America First Federal Credit Union said it has reached an accord with a Salt Lake City radio station over using a popular talk-show host in its radio commercials after an ad agency for Zions Bank, a CU nemesis, objected to the deal. "The local papers didn't...

WASHINGTON - Even a large, mainstream publication like The Wall Street Journal has taken notice of the inflamed, yet age-old, banker versus credit union battle over taxation. WSJ ran a story from Dow Jones Newswires on the recent remarks bandied about by top credit union and banking officials. The article...

WASHINGTON - The White House has apparently struck a deal that, at least for last week's Senate recess, no recess appointments will be made. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) worked out a deal with the administration that no recess appointments would be made while the Senate is on recess,...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Fairfield County CU, chartered in 1934 as a federal credit union is once again a federal credit union. The $36 million state-chartered credit union received approval March 5 to convert back to a federal charter. The credit union converted from a federal to a state charter in...

DUBUQUE, Iowa -When does every member and potential member read an annual report? When it is in the form of a newspaper. For the past three years Dupaco Community Credit Union has delivered its annual report in a unique newspaper-type format and members love it. "We saw this as a...