WASHINGTON-Despite the fate of the previous two CUNA CEOs, Dan Mica is hanging on, with the blessing of the board, and still enjoying it. "It seems like I just started yesterday.I feel like, one, that CUNA has been a wonderful place to be and a second career that I have...

WASHINGTON-As CUNA and the Texas Credit Union League discovered during a special election in the state's 19th district, not everyone is perfect. Randy Neugebauer (R), who received financial and grassroots support from the Credit Union Legislative Action Council and the Texas League, narrowly defeated his opponent Mike Conaway (D) in...

WASHINGTON-NAFCU Board Secretary Mike Vadala, CEO of The Summit Federal Credit Union, has been asked by Congress to testify on issues relating to the reauthorization of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee had scheduled a hearing, "The Role of FCRA in the Credit...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio-It is premature to say when United Telephone Credit Union will be returned to its membership or merged with another credit union, the Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Financial Institutions spokesman Dennis Ginty said. American Share Insurance was appointed the conservator of the credit union in February...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Region IV Director Melinda Love will become the next director in Region VI following Bob Blatner's retirement last month. With Region IV closing its offices as part of NCUA's realignment, Love was going to have to move to a different position within the agency or elsewhere. As director...

MADISON, Wis.-April's economic data from CUNA shows the seasonal tendencies of credit union balance sheets. The loan-to-savings ratio was up to 68% in April from 67.4% in March, according to CUNA's monthly estimates. CUNA Economist Mike Schenk told Credit Union Times, even though savings grew a little slower than anticipated...

WASHINGTON-Credit unions still prove they are a better deal than banks. Bank and savings association fees generally are continuing their upward climb and more banks are charging fees for services, according to the Federal Reserve's Annual Report to the Congress on Retail Fees and Services of Depository Institutions, which surveyed...

WASHINGTON - Over the years CUNA has had a turn the other cheek attitude to much of the bankers' assaults, but those days are over as CUNA is letting loose on what it calls banks' hypocrisy. A recent article published in The Capital Times, a Wisconsin-based newspaper, outlined how banks...