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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - At $1.15 billion in assets, Eastman Credit Union is the largest financial institution in northeastern Tennessee and the 56th largest credit union in the nation. One contributing factor, says Olan O. Jones, Jr., Eastman's president and CEO, is the long-running success of Eastman Chemical Company, the largest...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In a whirlwind of speaking engagements, NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar was scheduled to speak at the Kentucky Credit Union League's annual conference in Louisville, Ky. last Friday, after deadline. He also participated in a roundtable discussion with Indiana credit unions last Thursday morning. At his events, Dollar planned to...

WASHINGTON -In perhaps his most explicit comments to date, President Bush has drawn attention to the need to provide some sort of federal structure through which more properties around the country can obtain terrorism insurance. "After September the 11th, it's important for our fellow citizens to understand that many insurance...

DENVER - Aimbridge Financial Services, a division of The Aimbridge Group and a provider of insurance and financial programs to credit unions such as auto loans and leases and mortgages and insurance products, released its new debt cancellation product designed for credit unions - Credit Union Loan Protection. Credit Union...

ST. LOUIS - The drawn-out battle over field of membership expansion in Missouri moved another step toward resolution Oct. 3, when a three-judge appeals panel heard oral arguments in the case filed by the Missouri Bankers Association. The issue before the court is whether or not banks have standing to...

LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York Credit Union Foundation has presented a $600,000 check to the New York Fire Safety Foundation to help in the city's 9/11 recovery efforts. The funds, which will help equip the Fire Department's Special Operation Command, are part of the $1.4 million raised from credit...

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah banks are ratcheting up their campaign to win public support to tax credit unions with a letter by the president of Zions Bank, the state's biggest, sent to state lawmakers urging they look at the tax issue as a means to solve education woes. The...

DENVER - The Colorado Division of Financial Services has begun the process of determining whether the state's 77 state-chartered CUs should be allowed the option of being privately insured for primary insurance through American Share Insurance (ASI). Commissioner David Paul plans to brief the division's board at its regular meeting...