BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- The role that credit unions have in serving people of modest means was shared in a special insert included in the Feb. 15 edition of the Bloomington Herald Times. Bob Newcomb, president/ CEO of $467 million Indiana University Employees Federal Credit Union, was quoted in the newspaper insert...

While on-site in North Carolina working on the Jim Blaine CEO of the Year story, Blaine and his staffers took me to Victory Junction Gang, a NASCAR themed camp for children with disabilities that credit unions in North Carolina and South Carolina actively support. Set on 72 acres, the camp...

DURHAM, N.C. - Latino Community Credit Union had 508 participants in its Spanish-language financial education workshops during January 2006. The $22 million CU began the new year with a series of free workshops that show immigrants and low-income families how to improve their finances. Topics included the benefits of a...

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FLINT, Mich. - To help make the tax season easier for individuals who are eligible for the earned income credit, Security Federal Credit Union is offering Flint and Saginaw community members access to a free Web-based income tax filing program called "Just file it! We'll help." The earned income credit...

WASHINGTON-Former NCUA Director of Public and Congressional Affairs Cliff Northup has officially taken his post at the U.S. Mint. He began his tenure as director of legislative and intergovernmental affairs Feb. 6. Northup will be responsible for coordinating federal legislation addressing circulating, numismatic, commemorative coins and Congressional gold medals. He...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - In keeping with the educator tradition, local Victoria Elementary School Principal Jacqueline Hall has been selected to serve the remainder of Doug Huckaby's term. Her school was recently recognized by the state of California as a Distinguished School. Hall has been with the Riverside Unified School District...

NEW YORK - The interchange schedule that the Australian government imposed in late 2003 have hurt consumers in the form of higher fees and interest rates on their cards, weakened and more expensive card rewards programs, and have not resulted in correspondingly lower prices that the government predicted, according to...