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The $333 million Verity Credit Union may have attained the gold standard for credit card rewards programs: people are joining the credit union in order to get the card that carries the rewards.

CUNA and NAFCU applauded NCUA's attempt to make its suspicious activity reporting regulations more clear and consistent with others, but more needs to be done to clean them up.

You won't find Ian Katz in an ivory tower. The CU Abstract president is too busy actively living the "members first" philosophy the CUSO was built on.

It's getting there. Though image exchange hasn't exploded yet, all signs are that it will be in full force by '07. Read about that and more in the special report on pages 22-24.

ViewPoint Bank, formerly Community CU, saw its bid at converting to a mutual holding bank structure shot down by its owners. Turn to page 3 for complete details.

It's been nearly two years since Congress passed Check 21 legislation, but Synergent's head start on planning for image exchange and enactment of the legislation, is paying off.