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PORTLAND, Ore. - In terms of assets, the potential merger of Portland Teachers CU and Oregon Community CU would barely cause a blip on the radar screen of bank mergers, but for the credit union industry this is as big as they come. With Portland Teachers having approximately $1.5 billion...

There comes a time when growing organizations decide to change their names because the existing one no longer accurately describes who they are and what they do. Credit unions, for example, are currently going through this exercise in record numbers as their fields of membership undergo drastic change. A well-known...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Licensing of individual remittance agents may be one method considered by New York legislators to protect consumers against abuses in the money-transfer industry. However, more information still is needed to determine how to best proceed, legislators said. International remittance practices were the subject of a recent legislative...

LAFAYETTE, La. - All high school students accepted into the public school district's Academy of Finance here will receive financial training at Lafayette Schools' Federal Credit Union. Of course, it helps that the credit union has a branch located inside Acadiana High School, where the Academy of Finance is also...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When it comes to cars, everyone has their preferences. Some love the classics or foreign cars, while others say trucks are tops. The only thing every car lover agrees on is that it is more than just a vehicle that gets you from point A...

GHS Federal Credit Union President/CEO Stephen Gardner has always been impressed with the Watkins Glen International Racetrack, and since he bought a new MINI Cooper this past February he's been racing on it. Since Gardner began taking racing lessons from the Genesee Valley BMW Car Club, his staff has said...

SALT LAKE CITY -CUSA Technologies presented its Partners in Progress award to Tarrant County Credit Union, Shoreline Credit Union, and Kalsee Credit Union. CUSA Technologies selects one client from each of its data processing product groups that has made the most difference in the evolution of the product. * Tarrant...

INDIANAPOLIS and DALLAS -Allied Solutions, a credit union provider of financial products and services, has launched a new multimedia sales training program. Available in five CD-ROM disks, the relationship sales training program provides an overview of the selling process with specific lessons in building rapport, questioning, providing solutions, gaining commitment...