CAMBODIA - A 103-page working paper by the Canadian Credit Co-operative Association (CCOA) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) studied the prospects of developing a credit union movement to stabilize the financial lives of rural people in that country. Eighty percent of the population lives in the countryside.

What a difference a week makes. There are so many things happening, I can't possibly focus on one topic this week. Here is a potpourri of things that need to be addressed: * Banker/CU Bizarro World. Did I fall asleep for 10 or 20 years and wake up in a...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - In a move which promises to consolidate account access channels still further and perhaps continue to erode the role of the ATM, the Financial Service Centers Cooperative has signed an agreement with 7-Eleven stores that will allow any credit union member whose credit union participates in...

Altura Credit Union, Riverside, Calif., recently had employees and members join with other volunteers in the Riverside community to paint a school for mentally and physically challenged students. Sunshine School had not been painted in nearly 30 years. The were a total of 50 volunteers who devoted nearly six hours...

LAS VEGAS - No credit union wants to find itself in the position of being audited by NCUA, but the process can be less painful if a credit union knows the correct steps to take and what the agency is looking for.

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DAYTON, Ohio - ATM manufacturer NCR has begun to implement a heightened fraud prevention strategy, citing the fact that a survey has found rising concern about fraud among bank and credit union ATM users.

Find out how Water and Power Community CU is helping low-income members get new wheels in the Auto Lending & Services special report on pages 22-24