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MADISON, Wis. - CUNA's Center for Professional Development is offering a Security Institute set for September 23 - 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Topics covered will include the following: * Administering Policies & Procedures of a Security Operation * Robbery: Policies, Procedures and Training * Internal Fraud & Crime *...

Oregon credit unions were proud of their accomplishments in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session. When the session ended on July 7, we had accomplished what we set out to do - pass favorable member business loan legislation, and update specific sections of the Oregon Credit Union Act. We did this...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Favorite for the open NCUA Board position that Yolanda Wheat will be vacating when someone else is appointed, Iowa state Senator JoAnn Johnson mailed out all the final paperwork for the background check for her nomination on Friday. "I am a long way from the official nomination, but it's...

TRENTON, N.J. - The state Department of Banking has released its third edition of the "Consumer Guide to Bank and Credit Union Fees," and the results show that credit unions once again compare favorably to bank in several categories. Among the findings, credit unions reported lower transaction fees for ATMs,...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Watch out predatory lenders- GE Mortgage Insurance and the North Carolina Minority Support Center are teaming up to educate residents here. Sixteen minority-owned credit union affiliates will receive 20,000 GE "Get the Facts" informational flyers to educate consumers about predatory lending practices and the community resources available...

WASHINGTON-CUNA learned that the House Financial Services Committee plans to request a limited number of suggestions for regulatory relief from each of the federal financial services regulators. CUNA President and CEO Dan Mica wrote his board recommending that CUNA, via NCUA and in consultation with other credit union groups, send...

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill may consider a consolidation of the financial institutions regulators as a way to streamline the department, according to a report in the American Banker. NCUA was not one of the agencies mentioned in the article based on anonymous sources. One of the plans O'Neill...

BATHURST, NSW, Australia and LEICESTER, UK - Two universities, two countries thousands of miles apart, two different training programs, but both have the same goal - train credit union people to be better in their jobs. Charles Sturt University in Australia and Leicester University in England, both have developed advanced...