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WESTBROOK, Me. - Officials from Japan's largest agricultural cooperative were recently hosted by the Maine Credit Union League and two credit unions to learn more about the movement here and to take pointers back to their native country. The Japanese delegation representing Norinchukin Cooperative Bank, which has $400 billion in...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Carl Barnes, former chairman of CUES and retired president/CEO of Knoxville TVA CU, died Oct. 26 from complications from cancer. He was 80 years old. Barnes, a native of Corinth, Miss., was hired at KTVACU as manager Dec. 4, 1961. That title was later changed to president/CEO,...

SAN DIEGO - To help wildfire victims, Cabrillo Credit Union is offering recovery loans for up to $10,000 at 0% interest for 10 weeks. Victims have until November 30, 2003 to apply. "As a business with offices in Scripps Ranch, South Bay, East County, and Murphy Canyon, we know the...

CP Federal Credit Union, Jackson, Mich., has been presented the CUNA 2003 National Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award. During the 2002-03 school year, CP Federal Credit Union's youth representatives conducted some 821 classroom presentations on personal finance in Jackson County-reaching a combined student population of 26,664, more than double the...

WASHINGTON-The Senate passed legislation at deadline last week to renew the federal preemptions in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which were set to expire at year-end, and provide additional identity theft protections for consumers. The National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003 (S. 1753) overwhelmingly passed the Senate...

PASADENA, Calif.- With some 4,000 members potentially impacted by the southern California wildfires, Wescom Credit Union has set up an emergency assistance program. According to Wescom CU Executive Vice President Jane Wood the credit union is prepared to provide emergency assistance including interest free loans, deferred payments to those sustaining...

ONTARIO, Calif. - CO-OP Network, the nation's largest credit union owned surcharge free ATM network, has seen a growing number of credit unions use the Identity Chek Web, a product provided by Primary Payment Systems, to meet their obligations under the USA Patriot Act. CO-OP partnered with PPS to offer...

WASHINGTON - The Corporation For Enterprise Development, a non-profit that seeks to further small business entrepreneurship among low-income people, has granted $50,000 to Alternatives Community Ventures, a non-profit affiliate of the $45 million Alternatives Federal Credit Union. Both the credit union and its affiliate are based in Ithaca, New York....