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WASHINGTON - CUNA and the Consumer Federation of America will release their fourth annual consumer survey on holiday spending plans and concern about debt levels on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The survey, which was conducted Nov. 13-16, studies consumer attitudes towards debt and indicates their holiday spending plans have changed significantly...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The Washington Credit Union Foundation will receive a $57,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the activity of Washington State's Economic Power Project which provides financial education and access to financial services to the unbanked or underserved populations. The USDA grant award was...

WASHINGTON - Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mark Everson told the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight that the agency is poised to start cracking down on credit counseling firms run by individuals who "seem motivated by profit more than charity." "We have designed a comprehensive multi-faceted strategy to...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Whether or not credit union directors should be paid is obviously a hot-button issue for credit union leaders. A Credit Union Times online voting poll on this topic generated the most votes ever in the polls - 401. The results were relatively close, but a...

The most recent and General Accounting Office (GAO) report on credit unions, like most GAO reports, turns out to be a mixed bag-a common characteristic of such reports, of which several are issued every day here in Washington and on virtually every subject under the sun. One overriding aspect of...

Georgia Federal Credit Union, Atlanta, has named Linda Tucker Clarkston branch manager. SAFE Federal Credit Union, Sumter, S.C., has promoted Darrell Merkel to executive vice president.

The Members Group, a credit union service organization/subsidiary of the Iowa Credit Union League and Iowa League Corporate Central Credit Union, has named Ann Speck card services project representative. Business Lending Group, a financial solutions credit union service organization, has named Robert B. Heinz vice president.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - More than two years ago, Henry Blevins' discussions with several colleagues on why some credit unions were, in his words, choosing to "throw money away" by not participating in the bond market triggered, a template to fill that void. Those discussions led to the formation of...